Baklava (using puff pastry). Add puff pastry strips to the baking dish evenly. 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 have 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.
- It’s 2 cups of crushed nuts (pistachio,walnut,cashew and etc.).
- Prepare 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- It’s 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.
- It’s 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
- You need 1 cup of granulated sugar.
Place the pastry onto a baking sheet. Combine all the filling ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Unroll puff pastry on a lightly floured cutting board. Sprinkle the prepared filling evenly over just the bottom half of the square.
Baklava (using puff pastry) instructions
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.
Garnish baklava with finely chopped nuts or drizzle with melted chocolate. Did you know that you can now make baklava with this recipe at home. 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. The result is very good looking,glossy and of course tasty pastry,one of my childhood favorites.
