Our mouth-watering savoury baklava is created using soft layers of butternut squash and warmly spiced tomato sauce encased in crisp filo pastry, baked till golden brown and then drizzled with melted honey. Serve with a delicious green salad
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This delicious savoury spiced baklava is perfect for a special veggie meal the crisp layers of filo compliment perfect the soft squash and spicy tomato sauce. To make this dish cook the butternut squash is roasted in the oven, fresh tomatoes are added to the cooked onion and the sauce is flavoured with cinnamon, turmeric and ground ginger. The tomato sauce and butternut squash are layered together between delicate buttered filo pastry, baked in the oven till golden brown and served with melted honey and a mixed green salad. This recipe is a great alternative to the more traditional butternut squash tarts or vegetable traybakes and is perfect for vegetarians
This dish is perfect all year round and is a delicious alternative to your usual winter or summer savoury tart. This dish is also perfect for a vegetarian Christmas dinner as it goes well with all the Christmas side dishes
This recipe is ideal for the whole family or for a special dinner with friends, it is perfect for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. It is healthier than your usual tart because it uses filo pastry and it is simple to cook.
This baklava makes the ideal brunch or a light main course for any dinner party especially if you are looking for a special dish for a vegetarian dinner party, or a Greek-themed party.
We serve this dish with a simple green salad with a tomato dressing, but if you are looking for alternative side dishes then serve it with
We have combined two vegetables that pair well with honey, butternut squash and tomatoes to create a completely new vegetarian savoury baklava. The secret ingredients that make this dish delicious are the subtle use of cinnamon, turmeric and ground ginger.
Butternut squash - butternuts have a sweet nutty taste, which goes well with the tomatoes in this recipe they are roasted to add an extra smoky flavour. If you don't have butternut squash you can substitute other squashes like acorn squash or any of the other smaller squashes
Tomato - this recipe uses fresh tomatoes as it needs that extra tang you don't get with tinned tomatoes, if you need to use tinned tomatoes, then try tinned cherry tomatoes
Spices - the spices for this dish are quite sweet cinnamon, turmeric and ginger these spices all go well with honey and add an extra dimension to the dish
Honey - honey can come in many different flavours for this dish use plain honey and avoid flowery or fruity honey for this dish
It is traditionally a sweet dish made with filo pastry chopped nuts and honey, its exact origin is unknown, but it is assumed to come from the middle east region or Turkey/Greece. The baklava that we know today is thought to come from Istanbul. In recent years there have been many new savoury recipes for baklava as the filo and honey mixture lends itself well to many savoury dishes.
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