Baklava - Desserts Recipe

Baklava

🌍 Desserts, Turkey / Greece / Middle East Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 500g phyllo dough
• 200g butter (clarified)
• 300g pistachios or walnuts (chopped)
• 50g sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon. Syrup: 300g sugar
• 200ml water
• 100ml honey
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• orange blossom water

Method

1. Layering — Layer 8 sheets phyllo in buttered pan, brushing each with butter.
2. Adding — Add nut mixture, repeat phyllo layers.
3. Cutting — Cut into diamonds before baking.
4. Baking — Bake 180°C (350°F) for 35-40 min until golden.
5. Boiling — Boil syrup 10 min. Pour cold syrup over hot baklava. Rest 4 hours.

Tags: phyllo dough, butter, pistachios or walnuts, sugar, cinnamon. syrup: 300g sugar · Source: Brittani's Almanac