Baklava. 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

You can have Baklava using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Baklava
  1. It’s 150 Grams of Walnuts.
  2. You need 100 Grams of Almonds , peeled.
  3. You need 75 Grams of Pistachio.
  4. You need 200 Grams of Sugar.
  5. Prepare 0.5 Teaspoon of Cinnamon Ground.
  6. It’s 250 Grams of Butter.
  7. Prepare 500 Grams of Fillo Sheets.
  8. Prepare 125 Millilitres of Honey.
  9. You need 150 Millilitres of Water.
  10. It’s 1 of Lemon.

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 normally prepared in large pans.

Baklava step by step

  1. Coarsely grind or chop the walnuts, almonds and pistachio nuts..

  2. Mix the walnuts, almonds, 50g of the pistachio nuts, the cinnamon and 4 tbsp. of sugar..

  3. Melt the butter in a pan..

  4. Cut the fillo leaves to the size of your baking pan by stacking them on top of each other, putting the pan on top of them and cutting around it with a sharp knife..

  5. Butter the baking pan, add 1/4th of the fillo leaves one by one, basting each one generously with the melted butter. Add 1/3rd of the nut mixture on top of it..

  6. Continue making layers with another 1/4th of the fillo leaves, followed by 1/3rd of the nut mixture and so on. The top layer will thus be fillo leaves..

  7. Cut the finished "layer cake" into rhomboid shapes using a sharp knife..

  8. Bake at 200C for approximately 25 minutes or until gold brown..

  9. While the baklava is in the oven, gently heat the honey, the water and the remaining sugar until you obtain a thick syrup. Add a dash of lemon juice and some lemon zests..

  10. Let the syrup cool down a little. Take the baklava out of the oven and let it stand for 5 to 10 minutes..

  11. Slowly pour the syrup over the baklava. Decorate with the remaining pistachio nuts and let stand to cool down completely..

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 is the quintessential Greek dessert. Who can resist the layers of delicate, buttered phyllo dough filled with cinnamon and walnuts?