Baklava (Greek Style) - Mediterranean Recipe

Baklava (Greek Style)

🌍 Mediterranean, Greece Difficulty: ●●●○○

Baklava's origins are debated among Turkish, Greek, Arab, and Persian cooks — all have centuries-old versions.

Ingredients

• 500g walnuts roughly chopped
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp cloves
• 400g butter melted
• 500g phyllo dough. Syrup: 300g sugar
• 200ml water
• 200g honey
• strip of lemon peel
• 2 cloves

Method

1. Mixing — Mix nuts with cinnamon and cloves.
2. Brushing — Brush 30×20cm pan. Layer 8 phyllo sheets, brushing each with butter.
3. Spreading — Spread nut mixture. Continue layering remaining phyllo, buttering each.
4. Scoring — Score into diamonds. Bake 160°C (325°F)/160°C (320°F) for 60–70 minutes until deep gold.
5. Making — Make syrup: boil all ingredients 10 min. Pour cold syrup over hot baklava.

Tags: walnuts roughly chopped, cinnamon, cloves, butter melted, phyllo dough. syrup: 300g sugar · Source: Brittani's Almanac