Baklava Recipe
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Ingredients: Pastry:
1 lb. of phyllo pastry sheets
1 ½ cups (¾ lb.) unsalted, melted butter
1 lb. walnut meats-finely chopped
5 tbs. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
dash of clove
-13" x 9" x 2 " pan used
Syrup:
3 ½ cups water
3 cups sugar
few whole cloves
several slices of orange and lemon
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Directions:Mix walnuts, sugar, cinnamon and clove and set aside.
Begin to layer pastry sheets in baking pan.
Brush every second sheet with butter.
After building up 10 layers, add ⅓ of walnut mixture.
Add another 6 layers of pastry and ⅓ of walnut mixture. Repeat; add additional pastry remembering to brush every second sheet with butter.
With sharp knife, cut diamond pattern across top of Baklava.
Heat remaining butter (½ cup left), until very hot and beginning to brown. Pour evenly over the top.
Sprinkle with a few drops of water and bake at 350º for 20 min.
Cool and pour hot syrup over top evenly. Feel free to sprinkle with a little more chopped walnuts or even some chopped pistachios.
Syrup:
Combine all of the syrup ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil.
Reduce and simmer for 30 min.
Strain. (Cook longer if it seems watery.)
Preparation time 40 minutes
(if preparing syrup and pastry simultaneously)
Serves 20 |
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Notes: There's nothing like homemade baklava!
Although this recipe might seem long, it is actually really very easy.
The hardest part is chopping the walnuts!
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