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).
You can have Baklava using 6 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Baklava
- Prepare 800 grams of walnuts.
- It’s 800 grams of sheetable dough.
- You need 1600 ml of sugar sirup.
- You need 2 tbsp of grated lemon peel.
- You need 30 ml of fresh lime juice.
- You need 750 grams of butter.
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. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. When you remove the baklava from the oven, drizzle half the saucepan evenly all over the top.
Baklava instructions
Preparing the sugar sirup: mix 800 grams of sugar with 800 ml or water in the cooking potand heat them until the sugar is melted. After boiling take off the cooking pot from the hob and mix it with the fresh lemon juice. This will preserve the liquid from cristalizing..
Preheat the oven to 200C.
Put walnuts into a grinder an crush them to a small peaces..
Mix grinded walnuts with the grated lemon peel.
Take 30 cm cooking plate/pan and start building your baklava..
Build it on layers. 5-6-7 layers of dough, 1 layer of walnuts. make not more than 3 layers of walnuts and finish building with dough..
Cut the baklava on any forms you would like..
Melt the butter and pour it all over the already built baklava..
Put the baklava in the oven and bake it until its well baked..
Most of the time bake from the bottom..
After the baklava is well baked take it out of the oven and leave it aside to get cool..
After the baklava is well cool pour and "drawn" the baklava in sugar sirup..
Leave it to soak the sirup for at least 10-12 hours..
Enjoy your delicius Baklava!.
Cinsume responsibly - it is a bomb with calories! :).
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?
