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You can cook Baklava using 9 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Baklava
  1. It’s 400 gms of chopped nuts.
  2. It’s 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
  3. Prepare 1 (16 ounce) of package phyllo dough.
  4. You need 1 cup of butter, melted.
  5. It’s 1 cup of white sugar.
  6. You need 1 cup of water.
  7. It’s 1/2 cup of honey.
  8. It’s 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
  9. You need 1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest.

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 instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9×13 inch baking dish. Toss together cinnamon and nuts. Unroll phyllo and cut whole stack in half to fit the dish. Cover phyllo with a damp cloth while assembling the baklava, to keep it from drying out. Place two sheets of phyllo in the bottom of the prepared dish. Brush generously with butter. Sprinkle 2 to 3 tablespoons of the nut mixture on top. Repeat layers until all ingredients are used, ending with about 6 sheets of phyllo. Using a.

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?