Baklava with Honey and Nuts. Baklava is a sweet dessert made of layers of flaky phyllo pastry filled with crushed nuts and sweetened with honey syrup. What is traditional baklava made of? When ready pour some sirup over the balkava (warm up honey with the orange blossem sirup) and sprinkle some chopped nuts over the baklava.
You can have Baklava with Honey and Nuts using 6 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Baklava with Honey and Nuts
- It’s of filo dough (toko).
- Prepare of nuts variaty (whatever you like, just take the unsalted).
- It’s of cinnamon (a table spoon).
- You need of honey (150 ml).
- Prepare of butter (200 gr).
- It’s of orange blossem sirup (a teaspoon).
Pulse walnuts and pecans in a food processor until finely chopped. Blitz the nuts in a food processor until coarse, then tip into a bowl and stir through the cinnamon and cloves. Gently unfold the filo and cover with a damp tea towel to stop it cracking. Something that might surprise you is how few ingredients go into Baklava.
Baklava with Honey and Nuts step by step
Take a baking tray (i prefer the 24 cm tray). Cover the bottom with butter so the dough will not stick. Place a sheet of the filo in the tray and cover it with melted butter. Repeat this with 4 other sheets. Add the chopped nuts mixed with cinnamon, spread it over the sheet, then place another sheet over it and cover it with butter. Ad another layer of nuts and do so untill there are no more nuts left..
Cover white two more butter layered sheets of filo and then place the to sheets over the bottom sheets like a package. Cover with rest of the butter. Then slice the filo dough in diamond pieces. Place in the pre-heated oven, 180 celcius, for about 20 minutes. When ready pour some sirup over the balkava (warm up honey with the orange blossem sirup) and sprinkle some chopped nuts over the baklava..
Filo / phyllo pastry, walnuts or pistachios (or other nuts, see recipe notes for regional variations), butter, honey, sugar, lemon, cinnamon and water. Yes, really, that's all you need! Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine water, honey and remaining sugar; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. They are loaded with a blend of walnuts and pistachios.
