Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Cuisine

Armenian paklava is layered phyllo pastry filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios and soaked in a sugar syrup scented with rose water or orange-blossom water. The Aleppo-Armenian version uses finely chopped pistachios and a lighter, more fragrant syrup; the Beirut-Armenian version favors walnuts and a denser, less sweet result.

Armenian paklava is layered phyllo pastry filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios and soaked in a sugar syrup scented with rose water or orange-blossom water. The Aleppo-Armenian version uses finely chopped pistachios and a lighter, more fragrant syrup; the Beirut-Armenian version favors walnuts and a denser, less sweet result.

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