Baklawa
a near eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.
noun
a rich cake of middle eastern origin consisting of thin layers of pastry filled with nuts and honey
n.
1650s, from turkish.
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