How 20,000 Pieces Of Baklava Are Handmade Every Week In Gaziantep, Turkey | Big Batches

One of the most iconic desserts in Turkey is baklava. And in the southeastern city of Gaziantep, a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, master chef Mehmet Akincioglu runs a traditional baklava shop that bakes hundreds of trays of this dessert every day.
Everything from the dough and butter to the pistachios used for filling is carefully chosen to bring out the most intense flavor and consistency.
We visited Akincioglu Baklava to see how it makes this legendary dessert in such big batches.
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How 1,200 trays of legendary baklava are made every week in Gaziantep, Turkey | Big Batches

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  • @mgultas
    @mgultas10 ай бұрын

    I'm a 40-year-old Turkish man, and if you have never tasted baklava from Antep, you have no idea how tempting those trays are.

  • @dannydorito6827

    @dannydorito6827

    9 ай бұрын

    Isn't Baklava Greek?

  • @mgultas

    @mgultas

    9 ай бұрын

    @dannydorito6827 I hope you are not serious. Of course it isn't from Greece. If you would, go to Gaziantep Elmacıpazarı Güllüoğlu or İstanbul Karaköy Güllüoğlu and eat some baklava. Then go the "baklavaki" heaven of Greece, wherever it is and try some wannabe baklava. Compare and decide for yourself. I'm pretty sure you will easily determine whose dish it is.

  • @dannydorito6827

    @dannydorito6827

    9 ай бұрын

    @@mgultas oh okay, I will try today

  • @RosinDaddy5280

    @RosinDaddy5280

    9 ай бұрын

    Best is in sham souria

  • @VikasKumar-pm4nd

    @VikasKumar-pm4nd

    9 ай бұрын

    Turkey vs Greek as always

  • @thenewongoam2486
    @thenewongoam248610 ай бұрын

    My Favourite Pastry of All Time

  • @U.K.N

    @U.K.N

    10 ай бұрын

    They are literally the definition of “guilty pleasure”

  • @teryyy5052

    @teryyy5052

    10 ай бұрын

    SAME ! 🙏

  • @brainknapper

    @brainknapper

    10 ай бұрын

    It's not a pastry ... it's just called Turkish delicacy or Turkish sweet in Asia

  • @ebolahunter4144

    @ebolahunter4144

    10 ай бұрын

    @@vineleak7676because it may just be dough and syrup?(and nuts) That’s like saying you don’t like spaghetti bolognese cause it is just noodles and bolognese. Just cause it is more doesn’t make it better.

  • @U.K.N

    @U.K.N

    10 ай бұрын

    @@vineleak7676 then you probably ate baklava that was garbage but labeled baklava

  • @peachesbunny
    @peachesbunny9 ай бұрын

    My mom once brought home baklava and it was my first time seeing and eating it. Needless to say, I got addicted and finished around 20 in one night. Thank you to the Turkish embassy for gifting my mom that or I would never know how baklava tastes like!!! 😂❤

  • @volterintt8185

    @volterintt8185

    8 ай бұрын

    How is your weight now?))

  • @U.K.N

    @U.K.N

    8 ай бұрын

    Only 20 ? PATHETIC

  • @gilangridhoutama

    @gilangridhoutama

    5 ай бұрын

    Blood sugar 📈

  • @gageracer
    @gageracer10 ай бұрын

    I'm from that city and never heard of Akincioglu Baklava. It says in their website they were founded in 1994. I guess really old Baklava places did not want to be filmed because they don't need any publicity. edit: in fact most beloved baklava places in Gaziantep have a limited production to keep their taste and quality really high. One of them, Zeki Inal, told me that they don't even want a website because their baklava sold outs by 2pm most of the time. All they have is an instagram account and if you really want an order outside that's the only way for you to do it.

  • @Rosa-yb2to
    @Rosa-yb2to10 ай бұрын

    First time I tasted baklava, I was astounded. It's certainly one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten.

  • @fayesouthall6604

    @fayesouthall6604

    7 ай бұрын

    Agree. 😊 I was pleasantly surprised.

  • @saikrishnathiwakarrk
    @saikrishnathiwakarrk10 ай бұрын

    One of best pastries of the world thank you turkey and middle east in general for your lovely pastries .They are a treat to eat😊😊

  • @drpk6514

    @drpk6514

    10 ай бұрын

    Funny a Turk thanks Tukey There is no reason to say it was created in Turkey first although they make a good one. It could have been created in Any Arab country or even in Iran and later adopted by Turks. In any case, it is supper sweet and unhealthy nor I like it that much.

  • @okeykkey

    @okeykkey

    10 ай бұрын

    It's Kurdish turk isis Nato terrorist are from mongolia they have no culture 😊

  • @TurquazCannabiz

    @TurquazCannabiz

    10 ай бұрын

    @@drpk6514 I think it's pretty obvious that his name isn't Turkish. Besides that, if the guy decides to thank Turkey or wants to share that he enjoys baklava, why the hell would you type a salty reply like this? Some people confuse me

  • @drpk6514

    @drpk6514

    10 ай бұрын

    @@TurquazCannabiz I know these people and Im not a fool to see what the guy is doing in its comment.

  • @spork8721

    @spork8721

    8 ай бұрын

    @@drpk6514 you are such a weirdo for policing someones enthusiasm for food

  • @TRbeybifeyz
    @TRbeybifeyz10 ай бұрын

    great video. many thanks!

  • @frasersgirl4383
    @frasersgirl438310 ай бұрын

    What a lot of amazing work!!!

  • @user-sm3ru1fm6g
    @user-sm3ru1fm6g10 ай бұрын

    So much detail and effort go into it!

  • @LitoCortes
    @LitoCortes10 ай бұрын

    I actually had the pleasure of trying their baklava and ithas been the best I've had till this day.

  • @IceCream-hp7mm
    @IceCream-hp7mm10 ай бұрын

    One of the most delicious treats ever created, I imagine this one’s are superior to any baklava I’ve tasted so far 🤤

  • @ananony02blo
    @ananony02blo5 ай бұрын

    The fact that there's a kid making a baklava is MINDBLOWINGGG

  • @ananony02blo

    @ananony02blo

    5 ай бұрын

    im not sure if its a kid??

  • @CatCat-tm2cg

    @CatCat-tm2cg

    5 ай бұрын

    It’s a kid but it’s probably the son of the owner.

  • @purplequeen1727
    @purplequeen17278 ай бұрын

    My Dad used to make baklava when I was little. It was to die for!

  • @petracollins8623
    @petracollins86235 ай бұрын

    Such a lot of work to make those delicious morsels. Appreciate all the effort. Always take some home . Antep is a lovely place to visit.

  • @mk_annan22
    @mk_annan225 ай бұрын

    I first saw Baklava on 2011 season of MasterChef Australia while I was in Bangladesh. A decade later when I came to Italy for Master's degree studies, my Turkish friend treated me with Baklava; one of the most delicious treats from Turkiye. 😊

  • @matthewtroia5836
    @matthewtroia583610 ай бұрын

    So glad Claudia Romeo is back!

  • @Automedon2
    @Automedon29 ай бұрын

    What an impressive man and his crew. That is old world level of skill and quality. I hope all those young men stay in the craft - the knowledge mustn't die.

  • @mohammadsaadnadeem5924
    @mohammadsaadnadeem592410 ай бұрын

    Even if the earthquake affects them they don't care and do well. God Bless them

  • @jon.wilson
    @jon.wilson10 ай бұрын

    One of those amazing recipes that no one knows the true origin of, but is so good that it's been around in some form for thousands of years

  • @gguugguugguugguugguugguu7556

    @gguugguugguugguugguugguu7556

    8 ай бұрын

    Iraq

  • @dan-wb9dd

    @dan-wb9dd

    5 ай бұрын

    Assyrians

  • @atlasworld6420

    @atlasworld6420

    2 ай бұрын

    Baklava, like many Turkish desserts and savory pastries, comes from Central Asia. Turks are also from Central Asia. The Ottoman empire was a Turkish empire and ruled all the Balkan countries and all the Middle Eastern countries for 600 years. With the Ottoman Empire, Turkish cuisine spread to all Balkan countries and Middle Eastern countries. Baklava is a Turkish word and it is registered as a Turkish dessert in the international arena.

  • @jollygoodgordon5580
    @jollygoodgordon55803 ай бұрын

    baklava is indeed the best dessert in the world, its so addicting

  • @GathemiaJr.
    @GathemiaJr.9 ай бұрын

    Muhtiş ya!

  • @evolancer211
    @evolancer21110 ай бұрын

    It truly is the best dessert

  • @DanialDanishQ
    @DanialDanishQ10 ай бұрын

    With touch of sugar, baklava came to dance, A sweet symphony, life's joyful expanse.

  • @mozxz
    @mozxz5 ай бұрын

    I watched Life of Boris make one earlier today, and now this is what KZread will recommend forever and ever .........

  • @mitchkusek
    @mitchkusek5 ай бұрын

    I'm impressed that the chef would take the rolling pin of dough from the kid, and use the kid's work on camera as the example. How long has the kid been rolling the dough to make a product that gives the chef *that* much confidence?

  • @murphychris9811
    @murphychris981110 ай бұрын

    i love the way she says batches

  • @sedagazioglu2582
    @sedagazioglu25829 ай бұрын

    My favorite baklava station! Gaziantep!!!

  • @janicedarling194
    @janicedarling1943 ай бұрын

    How amazing--I loved learning about how you make your baklava! What a wonderful shop! My ancient grandmother would make her own dough by putting the dough in the middle of her big bed on a clean bedsheet and having her 8 children stretch it out thinner and thinner. We used pistachios, and butter, and made a syrup that was not too sweet. MMMM.

  • @ecfrt
    @ecfrt10 ай бұрын

    It is so delicious

  • @2dTones
    @2dTones3 ай бұрын

    dayum, Antep baklava goes straight on the bucket list :D

  • @shlomoaziz411
    @shlomoaziz41110 ай бұрын

    Gaziantep ice cream is great also

  • @SonStashu
    @SonStashu5 ай бұрын

    I used to have upstairs neighbors and their son stole my wallet, their sewer water came thru my ceiling into my dining room because of a leak and used to cause endless amounts of noise late at night.. However the young lady who lived with them never forgot about me and used to make me her home made Baklava.. It was magnificent I very much appreciate the work and love she put into it to make it so delicious, I hold no grudges against them, never did. I miss her Baklava every day more and more

  • @gokhancakmak1410
    @gokhancakmak141010 ай бұрын

    A very good dessert of Gaziantep :)

  • @ashokathegreat4534

    @ashokathegreat4534

    3 ай бұрын

    Gaziantep is a turkified name of a city not native or build by turke

  • @c.b.i..8533
    @c.b.i..853310 ай бұрын

    My favorite sweet.. 😍😋❤🇮🇳

  • @boygeorge4932
    @boygeorge493210 ай бұрын

    The last thing he said was very true..❤

  • @ViewByRay
    @ViewByRay10 ай бұрын

    Love baklava... my favourite sweet treat

  • @Gushik
    @Gushik10 ай бұрын

    So cool! Baklava is my favorite dessert ❤😊 so love to eat it in Turkey!

  • @okeykkey

    @okeykkey

    10 ай бұрын

    It's All Kurdish and Kurdistan. Isis terrorists turk are from mongolia

  • @cookingshowchannel_01
    @cookingshowchannel_0110 ай бұрын

    Beautiful 👍

  • @ccdecker

    @ccdecker

    10 ай бұрын

    LOL! I actually like baklava, but I can identify with this. No matter who makes it or how much work they put into it, it never blows my mind the way amazing food should.

  • @MithunOnTheNet
    @MithunOnTheNet9 ай бұрын

    Hands down my favourite sweet, besides the Gulab Jamun

  • @GatorAidMedical
    @GatorAidMedical10 ай бұрын

    a true master craftsman

  • @eanschaan9392
    @eanschaan93925 ай бұрын

    Baklava tastes like love in pastry form.

  • @MayoraWawixTachibana
    @MayoraWawixTachibana10 ай бұрын

    Whenever I think of Turkish cuisine, baklava will always be the first thing that I think of.

  • @okeykkey

    @okeykkey

    10 ай бұрын

    It's Kurdish. turk are from mongolia they eat pork and other things I don't know. If you like turkish things go to mongolia

  • @taniesaz2230

    @taniesaz2230

    9 ай бұрын

    i think of cats lol

  • @friedpickle8332

    @friedpickle8332

    5 ай бұрын

    @@okeykkey Sorry but no. Wikipedia page: "The word baklava is first attested in English in 1650,[4] a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish: باقلاوه /bɑːklɑvɑː/.[5][6] The name baklava is used in many languages with minor phonetic and spelling variations. According to Mary Isin, an Ottoman food historian, the earliest reference to baklava is in a poem by 15th century mystic Kaygusuz Abdal.[7] Historian Paul D. Buell argues that the word baklava may come from the Mongolian root baγla- 'to tie, wrap up, pile up' composed with the Turkic verbal ending -v;[8] baγla- itself in Mongolian is a Turkic loanword.[9] Sevan Nişanyan considers its oldest known forms (pre-1500) to be baklağı and baklağu, and labels it as being of Proto-Turkic origin.[10] Another form of the word is also recorded in Persian, باقلبا (bāqlabā).[11] Though the suffix -vā might suggest a Persian origin,[12][13] the baqla- part does not appear to be Persian and remains of unknown origin.[14] Linguist Tuncer Gülensoy states that the origin of baklava is bakl-ı (feed) in proto-Turkish and suffixes -la-ğı are added. The word changes as bakılağı > bakılavı > baklava.[15] The Arabic name بقلاوة baqlāwa likely originates from Turkish.[16]"

  • @tdkx
    @tdkx9 ай бұрын

    damn, that looks tasty.

  • @fan.80s_90s
    @fan.80s_90s10 ай бұрын

    Please do Big Batches segments on Nablus Kunafa.

  • @MichaelSacamos
    @MichaelSacamos10 ай бұрын

    To everyone who sees this comment, keep pushing in life and never give up. Can't wait to see you successful one day and May God bless you!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @kkz201
    @kkz20110 ай бұрын

    what an incredible skill. the phyllo is actually thinner than paper.

  • @Theycanfindus
    @Theycanfindus10 ай бұрын

    One of the few sweets that i eat but only in special occasions.

  • @honor9lite1337
    @honor9lite133710 ай бұрын

    Turkeys!!

  • @ketanchoudhary684
    @ketanchoudhary6845 ай бұрын

    I like the process of making this, even though i dont like to eat baklava

  • @zoeka7324
    @zoeka73247 ай бұрын

    Incredible skills

  • @justfateh9747
    @justfateh97479 ай бұрын

    I heard the sound of a machine that opens dough, i have two of them. Which brand do you have?

  • @ha231
    @ha23110 ай бұрын

    Love baklava!

  • @JuicyIsraeli
    @JuicyIsraeli9 ай бұрын

    Da daily dough 💈

  • @sandilemsibi
    @sandilemsibi10 ай бұрын

    That hair on his arms though 👀👀

  • @leechrec
    @leechrec5 ай бұрын

    SKILLZ

  • @ozccer1807
    @ozccer180710 ай бұрын

    BEST DESERT IN THE WORLD !

  • @AlbertoGonzalez..

    @AlbertoGonzalez..

    6 ай бұрын

    No bye far

  • @ozccer1807

    @ozccer1807

    6 ай бұрын

    @@AlbertoGonzalez.. you should try good one my friend :)

  • @Cjxtreme66
    @Cjxtreme665 ай бұрын

    Baklava is wonderful to eat. A pain in the ass to make. I still try once a year or so.

  • @daniels4338
    @daniels43385 ай бұрын

    Nothing like a Greek man's arm hair in my Baklava.

  • @rafael-ey5vh
    @rafael-ey5vh9 ай бұрын

    👏👏👏

  • @jz453
    @jz4539 ай бұрын

    01:28 special flavor from the chef's sweat, skin, fur, perfume and LOVE!!

  • @andiamocclash397
    @andiamocclash3975 ай бұрын

    How harry would you like the arms of the dough maker? this guy : YES

  • @hq5203
    @hq52033 ай бұрын

    what temperature should the butter be around?

  • @eb1504
    @eb150410 ай бұрын

    This dish is too sweet for me lol

  • @Anolaana
    @Anolaana10 ай бұрын

    Claudia is back for another season, hooray!

  • @allythearts5439
    @allythearts543910 ай бұрын

    Do you have to have a specialized oven to bake this ?

  • @Grandmaster-Kush
    @Grandmaster-Kush5 ай бұрын

    First time trying freshly baked baklava I had to have three pieces, after that I buy it whenever I can which is rare in my country.

  • @ufukccelik
    @ufukccelik5 ай бұрын

    EN: Even a slight mistake sometimes can prevent the baklava from turning out as desired. TR: Ufak bir şeyden baklava [şey olur mu] heder olur mu? Oluyor yani olur yani. Props to the translator!

  • @abdullahbulbul.
    @abdullahbulbul.10 ай бұрын

    Here is our country

  • @joniharon511
    @joniharon5116 ай бұрын

    Я пробовал дешовую пахлаву из продуктового магазина, она оказалась не свежая и твёрдая, но при этом она всеравно была очень вкусная. Я очень хочу попробовать свежую пахлаву

  • @CatCat-tm2cg

    @CatCat-tm2cg

    5 ай бұрын

    The ones at stores aren’t good, talking from experience.

  • @ersinyalcn9237
    @ersinyalcn92378 ай бұрын

    Hersey iyi hoşta Ustamızın maşallah kol kılları o biçim keşke eldiven taksaymış malum tanıtım videosu çekiliyor

  • @thelimitingfactor
    @thelimitingfactor5 ай бұрын

    Now watching out for arm hair in my baklava

  • @__G__-
    @__G__-9 ай бұрын

    I would like mine with extra arm hair please

  • @purplestarowl89
    @purplestarowl8910 ай бұрын

    😋😋😋🥰💚💚💚💚💚

  • @trumpwon20204
    @trumpwon202049 ай бұрын

    Huuuge crush on Claudia Romeo!!!

  • @Ambitionincarn8
    @Ambitionincarn85 ай бұрын

    3:02 just noticed there's a kid working in there too 😂

  • @CatCat-tm2cg

    @CatCat-tm2cg

    5 ай бұрын

    He’s probably the son of the owner

  • @johndee3301
    @johndee33019 ай бұрын

    Question: how many arm hairs get in the dough that way? It's not zero.

  • @CatCat-tm2cg

    @CatCat-tm2cg

    5 ай бұрын

    You don’t wanna know🤫

  • @ingilizanahtar644
    @ingilizanahtar6442 ай бұрын

    🎉

  • @amazon4716
    @amazon47169 ай бұрын

    Each time I have to put on the CC Accent.

  • @charlescdt6509
    @charlescdt65099 ай бұрын

    How can we get this awesomeness in the US?

  • @AlexBsSecret

    @AlexBsSecret

    8 ай бұрын

    I'd try to ask around turkish restaurants tbh there might be some which have it on their menu. If you're lucky you might even find a turkish bakery, I know there are some in the big cities in the US. It might not be as good as the ones from bakeries in Turkey, but at least you'll get a general idea how Baklava tastes like. Usually you get it by the weight, I'd try a little bit at first, Baklava can be very sweet for 1st time eaters, usually you eat only ONE or at most two with a cup of tea or coffee and you're good. Good luck. And if you've time to visit Turkey, Antep is really the place to try Baklava because the region is the most well known for pistachios, they can be very expensive like gold in nut/seed form lol

  • @micgreenson7308
    @micgreenson73088 ай бұрын

    ALLAHU AKBAR ☝️❤️ AMEEN

  • @XHelloimjoeyX
    @XHelloimjoeyX3 ай бұрын

    Syrians introduced this verson w kaymak/ishta to Gaziantep first. OGs!

  • @btbd2785
    @btbd27854 ай бұрын

    besides the way the filo dough which is the samw as what greeks use for their baklava.They use roasted walnuts instead; which I feel is much better than pistachios.

  • @TheHingshing
    @TheHingshing9 ай бұрын

    They all taste the same to me with some slight differences in nutty flavour but just too overwhelmingly sweet

  • @fdama
    @fdama7 ай бұрын

    Lebanese baklava is my favourite.

  • @spebat
    @spebat10 ай бұрын

    Every time I’ve had baklava, it tasted like somebody was making something delicious, but messed it up at some point in the process.

  • @Lexikon69
    @Lexikon695 ай бұрын

    I tried them but I found them to soaky. Maybe they stood too long on the display of a german Döner Grill with all the steam and fats floating around. They also tasted more like oil than butter. Maybe it would helped, they were under a plexiglas box.

  • @wrailee
    @wrailee10 ай бұрын

    Looks like his son is already starting his apprenticeship.

  • @TunjungUtomo
    @TunjungUtomo9 ай бұрын

    What's the shelf life of this Baklava?

  • @John-Smith02
    @John-Smith0210 ай бұрын

    0:43 Hello everyone, this is your Daily Dough of Internet

  • @fistan5447
    @fistan54477 ай бұрын

    Guy knows his baklava granted but i wish he stayed at school a little longer and learned Turkish a bit better. The subtitles are far too generous XDXD

  • @WanderlustGoGo
    @WanderlustGoGo10 ай бұрын

    Why is the guy working with his hands next to the giant mixer? This is dangerous AF

  • @oguzalkaya3624
    @oguzalkaya36248 ай бұрын

    Gurur

  • @plibani4248
    @plibani42485 ай бұрын

    0:52 I wish I can unsee that. Very dangerous. A slight slip towards the powerful arm and this batch of baklava will have a very high protein content...

  • @zoobi27
    @zoobi2719 күн бұрын

    I don't mean any hate but, I have tried quite a lot of artisanal made pastries, especially from Turkey, like baklava and their variants, and I always found they were tasting quite disappointing. I have made homemade ones and it was day and night. I highly suspect the addition of litterally liters of syrup is why it kinda ruins the thing and overwhelms with that honey flavour to such extend that you don't even taste the pistacchio. Is it just me being very unlucky or is it normal ? I tend to prefer a LOT the algerian / tunisian counterparts compared to middle east pastries.

  • @daddy4043
    @daddy40434 ай бұрын

    Almost

  • @Nopejams
    @Nopejams10 ай бұрын

    From Greece

  • @alfblack2
    @alfblack210 ай бұрын

    I so want to try Baklava so much. but cant find in my locality. I am sad.

  • @eminasaur4272

    @eminasaur4272

    9 ай бұрын

    I am sad for you too! Where are you from?

  • @Reptilianoverlord-jc8mt
    @Reptilianoverlord-jc8mt5 ай бұрын

    What does the word Baklava mean and the words origin? Looks like it’s Turkish origin.

  • @SynthRockViking
    @SynthRockViking9 ай бұрын

    I've been to Turkey twice and forgot to try the Baklava 🤦‍♂️

  • @KillahX669
    @KillahX66910 ай бұрын

    aren't there arm hair on the dough?

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