Homemade Baklava. While baklava is baking, combine sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. This is a great recipe for Baklava! I had phyllo dough that had been in the freezer for a while and was starting to dry out, so I decided to make this recipe. Homemade Baklava

You can cook Homemade Baklava using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Homemade Baklava
  1. You need 250 g of strudel dough or 16 layers phyllo pastry.
  2. It’s 125 g of unsalted butter, melted.
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup of pecans.
  4. You need 1/2 cup of macadamia.
  5. Prepare 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, ground.
  6. It’s of Syrup.
  7. It’s 1 cup of sugar.
  8. It’s 3/4 cups of water.
  9. It’s 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
  10. It’s 1/2 of honey.

How to Make Baklava DO AHEAD TIP: Syrup can be made the day before and brought to room temperature when ready to use. It also may be stored in a covered container for up to a week in the refrigerator. To make the syrup, combine water, sugar, honey, orange slices, and cinnamon sticks in a heavy saucepan. Many ethnic festivals are held in my city throughout the year.

Homemade Baklava instructions

  1. In a pot add the syrup ingredients which is sugar, water, lemon juice and honey. Heat until sugar is dissolved. Turn off heat and let cool down..

  2. Chop nuts (pecans and macadamia) finely and mix with ground cinnamon.

  3. Preheat oven to 160°C. In a oven proof dish spread a layer of unsalted butter, lay a sheet of strudel or phylly pastry, spread butter again. Do this for 5 layers. Add a layer of nut mixture (third of the nut mixture).

  4. Add 3 layers of strudel or phyllo pastry with butter between each layer. Add another layer of nut mixture. Repeat one more time..

  5. Last layer should be like first layer with 5 strudel or phyllo pastry sheets. Butter between each layer..

  6. Cut into squares right to the bottom of the dish..

  7. Bake in 160°C oven for 1 hour 15 minutes or until top layer is golden brown..

  8. Remove from oven, let cool slightly. Pour syrup over baklava..

  9. Enjoy with a cup of tea!.

One in May is the Greek Hellenic Festival. My family enjoys baklava—a traditional walnut strudel. The recipe uses phyllo dough, which is not difficult to work with. Just have your ingredients ready to go and follow the directions on the package. The results are scrumptious and well worth the effort.