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Ohh I’m excited about this one. Baklava (not ‘balaclava’, as I keep wanting to call it) is a traditional Greek dessert made with filo pastry, honey and nuts. The only way to make baklava better? White chocolate and pistachio baklava. Yesiree. I guess I’ve simplified the traditional version, in that I’ve only used two layers of pastry with the filling in between, rather than having lots of layers (ain’t nobody got time for that), but since it tastes just as good and takes a fraction of the time, I think I should get away with it.

I’m not really sure how to put into words how good this is. I’m not even a big nut lover, and I still loved this. ‘Loved’ as in, ate it all within about two days (and to be honest it would have been more like one day had it not been for the fact that I live with people who would have seen me).

A minor word of warning: this stuff is pretty sweet (especially if you sprinkle it with even more sugar like I did) – so if you’re one of those (weird) people who likes their desserts to be ‘not too sweet’, you might want to adjust this one a bit. I don’t really get it, personally. Generally, I will always choose something savoury over something sweet, but if you are going to have a dessert, why not go the whole hog? I would quite happily eat several sugar cubes for dessert if it was more socially acceptable.

So next time you need a dessert that only takes about fifteen minutes to put together, but is still pretty damn impressive (if I do say so myself), make white chocolate and pistachio baklava. You know it’s the right decision.