Baklava #bakingcontest. Using a sharp knife cut into diamond or square shapes all the way to the bottom of the pan. Combine the nuts, cinnamon and ground crackers in a bowl. USE PISTACHIOs is the key to a more original baklava (according to my Turkish hubby). Baklava #bakingcontest

You can have Baklava #bakingcontest using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Baklava #bakingcontest
  1. It’s 20 sheets of phyllo pastry.
  2. You need 1 cup of toasted almonds.
  3. You need 1 cup of toasted cashew nuts.
  4. You need 1 cup of toasted peanuts.
  5. It’s 3 tbspn of cinnamon powder.
  6. Prepare 2 cups of melted butter/margarine.
  7. You need 3 cups of water.
  8. It’s 1 cup of sugar.
  9. It’s 2 of lemons.

Baklava is normally prepared in large pans. Many layers of filo dough, separated with melted butter and vegetable oil, are laid in the pan. A layer of chopped nuts—typically walnuts or pistachios, but hazelnuts are also sometimes used—is placed on top, then more layers of filo. Most recipes have multiple layers of filo and nuts, though some have only top and bottom pastry.

Baklava #bakingcontest instructions

  1. Grind the nuts together into coarse.

  2. ASSEMBLING:Grease the baking tin with melted butter,Place the first phyllo sheet, grease the sheet again,sprinkle the nuts,another greased sheet,then nuts,do that sequentially until all the sheets r done..

  3. NOTE:Place the filo sheet in the baking pan first then use pastry brush to brush the melted butter. Also make sure u place 3 or more greased sheets with a generous amount of nuts..

  4. Cut the baklava into desired shape,before baking it.Then bake 180° for 40 min till golden brown..

  5. SUGAR SYRUP:While the baklava is baking,Boil the water,along with sugar n squeezed lemon until the sugar dissolves.Also grated sm orange rind for flavour..

  6. After the baklava is done,let it cool for a min,then pour sugar syrup on top.make sure the syrup is warm.garnish with nuts..

  7. Recut again and let the baklava sit fr abt 2 hrs so that it soaks the sugar syrup.Serve n Enjoy..

  8. Another shape.

Baklava Many ethnic festivals are held in my city throughout the year. One in May is the Greek Hellenic Festival. My family enjoys baklava—a traditional walnut strudel. Baklava is the quintessential Greek dessert. Who can resist the layers of delicate, buttered phyllo dough filled with cinnamon and walnuts?