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Pecan Mixture |
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Ingredients: 3 pounds pecans
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons orange blossom water (see note below)
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Directions:--Mix together pecans, sugar and orange blossom water and set aside. |
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Simple Syrup |
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Ingredients: 6 cups sugar
3 cups water
4 teaspoons lemon juice
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Directions:--Heat water, sugar and lemon juice over medium heat.
--Stir and heat until sugar is dissolved.
--Set aside to cool. |
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Assembling the Baklawa |
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Ingredients: 3 pounds (3 containers) filo dough
4 cups clarified butter
Pecan Mixture
Simple Syrup
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Directions:--Heat butter in saucepan over low heat until melted. Continue heating until butter separates removing foam from the top.
--Ladle clear butter into separate container for use in this recipe, save butter solids for use later.
--Stack four 9x14 inch sheets of filo dough. Brush each sheet with clarified butter as you stack. (Keep filo dough under slightly damp towel until used as dough will dry out rapidly and become brittle).
--Place a row of pecan mixture along the short end of the filo dough stack and roll.
--Butter along the end of the sheet to seal the roll.
--Cut roll into 6 pieces and place on buttered pan seam side down.
--Bake at 275ºF for 1 hour or until golden brown.
--Place cooked baklawa on wire rack, drizzle with cooled simple syrup while still hot and allow to cool. |
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Notes: Baklawa will keep for weeks in a sealed container.
Place waxed paper between layer to prevent it from sticking together.
True Orange Blossom Water is prepared by steam distillation using a special copper still, known as a katara and fresh Mediterranean Seville Orange Blossoms. It can be prepared in a home kitchen but will lack the intensity of steam distilled version. You can also buy online from numerous sources or in halal or Middle Eastern markets.
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