CHEFS' RECIPES
Chocolate baklava

Chocolate baklava

We’ve taken the classic baklava dish, added chocolate and lifted it to a new level. Beautiful, hot and more-ish. The coffee soil is an added bit of fun. - George Calombaris

Serves 6

Cooking Time Prep time 40 mins, cook 30 mins



250 gm   slivered almonds
150 ml   honey (see note)
125 gm   dark chocolate (72% cocoa solids), finely chopped
2 tsp   ground cinnamon
6   sheets of filo pastry
50 ml   clarified butter
To serve:   vanilla ice-cream
Greek coffee soil
260 gm   ground almonds
150 gm   caster sugar
70 gm   plain flour
20 gm   finely ground fresh coffee
100 gm   unsalted butter, melted and cooled


1 For Greek coffee soil, preheat oven to 150C. Sift dry ingredients through a coarse sieve into a bowl, add butter and mix to combine. Roll between sheets of baking paper to 5mm thick, transfer to an oven tray and bake until dry (20-25 minutes). Cool, then crumble with your hands. Set aside.
2 Increase oven to 200C. Combine almonds, honey, chocolate and cinnamon in a bowl, stir to combine and set aside.
3 Lay one sheet of filo pastry on a clean work surface. Brush liberally with butter, fold in half to form a square and brush again with butter. Spread one sixth of almond mixture along edge closest to you, fold in sides to cover filling, then roll up tightly, placing seam-side down on a lightly greased oven tray. Repeat with remaining pastry, butter and filling. Bake until crisp and golden (5-6 minutes). Serve immediately scattered with coffee soil and vanilla ice-cream.

Note George prefers to use Attiki honey.

Drink Suggestion 1987 Domaine Argyros Vin Santo from Santorini, which has fig and date characters from 17 years in a barrel.

RECIPE George Calombaris PHOTOGRAPHY Tara Fisher DRINK SUGGESTION Andrew Phillpot


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