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 cook Baklava using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Baklava
- It’s of Phyllo pastry.
- It’s 130 g of butter & ½ cup of oil.
- It’s 500 g of sugar & 1 cup water.
- Prepare 150 g of pistachio nuts.
- You need 3 tbsp of lemon juice.
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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 step by step
Syrup - Combine water & sugar in a pan and heat. Once it boils add lemon juice and turn off..
Melt butter in a pan than add oil.
Place baking tray on phyllo pastry and cut to size.
Grease tray, add layers of pastry sprinkling butter on each layer aprox : x8 (layer of nuts) x5 (layer of nuts), x5 (layer of nuts) x end with 8 sheets on top.
Cut in squares, add left over butter into the lines (not all over). Run brush all over the top to spread it out..
Preheat oven 180 degrees, bake for 25-30 mins.
Put cool syrup on hot Baklava.
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?
