Baklava (using puff pastry). Place the pastry onto a baking sheet. Baklava, a popular choice in Greek Desserts, a Puff Pastry filled with Almonds and Walnuts is a winning choicein Dessert Recipes. Divide the puff pastry into two rectangles.
You can cook Baklava (using puff pastry) using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Baklava (using puff pastry)
- Prepare 1/3 cup of melted butter.
- Prepare 2 cups of crushed nuts (pistachio,walnut,cashew and etc.).
- Prepare 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- You need 1 pack of puff pastry or phyllo sheets.
- Prepare of For the syrup.
- It’s 1/2 cup of honey.
- You need 3/4 cup of water.
- You need 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
- You need 1 cup of granulated sugar.
This made it less crispy and flaky than traditional baklava but beggars can't be choosers. So here is what I made, with inspiration from The Hazel Bloom, Bon Appetit, and NEONWILLIE's recipe at allrecipes. Place a sheet of the puff pastry on the bottom of the dish with butter. Combine all the filling ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Baklava (using puff pastry) step by step
If phyllo pastry, brush with butter every sheets until you reach the 5th sheets and then put the nuts..
If puff pastry, brush butter and put some nuts on every layer of the sheet.
Preheat the oven at 180°C for 15mins..
Cut pastry into diagonal shape and then bake for 1hour and 15mins..
Prepare the syrup by mixing all the syrup ingredients in a saucepan until boiled. Then let it cool for a while.
Lastly, once the pastry is cooked, spread the syrup and garnish with the remaining nuts.
Unroll puff pastry on a lightly floured cutting board. Prepare the syrup by mixing all the syrup ingredients in a saucepan until boiled. Add puff pastry strips to the baking dish evenly. This version of easy quick baklava recipe can be considered the fastest ,easiest and least time consuming. Total prepping and baking time about an hour.
