What dessert is made of layers of phyllo and nuts?

What dessert is made of layers of phyllo and nuts? Baklava is a layered pastry dessert made with thin sheets of phyllo, chopped nuts, and syrup or honey.

Recipes commonly use pistachios, walnuts, almonds, or hazelnuts. The pastry is assembled in a large pan, cut into diamond or rectangular pieces, baked, and soaked with sweet syrup. Rosewater, orange-blossom water, cinnamon, lemon, or honey may flavor the syrup.

Baklava is strongly associated with Ottoman cuisine and is now popular across the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and parts of Central Asia. Its ultimate origin is disputed: proposed predecessors include Persian, Greek, Byzantine, Arabic, and Central Asian layered pastries.

A common mix-up is treating every nut-filled sweet as baklava. Halva is usually a dense confection made from sesame or another seed paste, while knafeh generally uses shredded pastry or semolina with cheese or cream. Regional baklava recipes differ significantly in filling, shape, syrup, and texture.