Baklava Pistachio appears as a signature dish in 1 Turkey cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Pistachio baklava · Istanbul
Sheets of hand-rolled phyllo layered with crushed Antep pistachios, baked golden, then drenched in clear sugar syrup and cut into diamonds.
Baklava as a layered phyllo dish reaches back to the Ottoman palace kitchens of Topkapı. Karaköy Güllüoğlu, founded 1949 by Nadir Güllü's family from Gaziantep, set the modern Istanbul standard, with single-counter pistachio versions cut to order on Rıhtım Caddesi.
Where to eat in Istanbul:
- Karaköy Güllüoğlu
- Hafız Mustafa 1864