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Baklava is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Baklava is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
BAKLAVA is a rich sweet delicious phyllo pastry popular in Middle Eastern countries.. In baklava, layers of crisp phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts. This honey baklava is flaky, crisp and tender and I love that it isn't overly sweet.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baklava using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Baklava:
- Make ready 1 kg phyllo pastry, preferrably the finest you can get.
- Get 1/2 kg walnuts, coarsely chopped
- Take 1/2 kg raw almonds, coarsely chopped
- Get 3 tbsp finely ground cinnamon
- Prepare 1 tbsp finely ground cloves
- Get 600 g, approximately, fresh butter, melted
- Take For the syrup
- Get 6 cups sugar
- Get 500 ml glucose, or, 500 ml honey
- Take 1 l water
- Get the rind of two lemons, and two cinnamon sticks
It is made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts, such as walnuts, almonds, or pistachios, and sweetened with syrup or honey. Not to be confused with balaclava or Balaklava. Baklava uses phyllo dough stacked with honey and nuts to make a sweet Mediterranean dessert that everyone will love. The remarkable baklava is a luscious dessert created with layers of thin phyllo dough intertwined with chopped nuts The popularity of baklava has long surpassed borders, regions, and ethnic groups to.
Steps to make Baklava:
- In a bowl, combine the ingredients for the filling, that is, the nuts and the spices. Select an ovenproof dish according to the dimensions of your phyllo sheets, and grease bottom and sides well with melted butter. Layer the first 5 phyllo sheets to form the base. Each sheet must be brushed well, but lightly, with melted butter, before layering the next phyllo sheet on top of it. With a spoon, sprinkle over the whole surface of the phyllo some of the filling mixture. Continue layering each sheet of phyllo, brushing it with butter and sprinkling with nuts, until you have 4-5 sheets left.
- Finish off the baklava by layering the last 4-5 sheets. With a sharp knife, score through the top layers of the baklava, either in a diamond grid, or square portions.
- Pour more melted butter over the surface of the baklava, and sprinkle it well with cold water. Bake in a preheated oven, at 180 degrees, for approximately 50 minutes, until golden.
- Let the ingredients for the syrup come to boil, and cook for 5 minutes. As soon as the baklava is done and taken out of the oven, pour the hot syrup over, spoon by spoon, making sure the whole baklava is well saturated. Let stand to allow the syrup to be absorbed, but do not cover, to ensure the baklava remains crispy.
Assemble the baklava: On a flat surface, lay out a sheet of phyllo dough. The iconic Baklava is astonishingly straight forward to make! The iconic Baklava is my all time favourite pastry that I can't get enough of. You'll love how homemade Baklava is not overly sweet and. Baklava is a delicious phyllo pastry popular in Middle Eastern countries.
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