Baklawa Recipe
Baklawa (Baklava) is a wonderful dessert that when made well will just melt in your mouth.
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Servings: 32 servings
Calories: 216kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb Phyllo room temperature
- 1 cup Butter melted
- 1½ cups Walnuts chopped
- 1½ cups Pistachios shelled and chopped
- ¼ cup Pistachios shelled, chopped, for the topping
- ¾ cup Powdered Sugar
- 1½ cups Sugar
- ¾ cup Water
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 2 tsp Rose Water
- 2 tsp Orange Blossom Water
Instructions
- Place walnuts and pistachios into a food processor and process until nuts are well chopped. Pour into a bowl and add powdered sugar, and stir well. Melt butter.
- Preheat oven to 375ºF (190ºC). Place a sheet of phyllo in a buttered 13X9 pan.
- Butter phyllo sheet. Once buttered completely place another sheet of phyllo on top and repeat buttering process. Continue until you have used half the sheets of dough.
- Pour nut mixture into pan and make an even layer. Place a sheet of phyllo dough over nut mixture.
- Butter as before alternating with sheets of phyllo. Use up the rest of the sheets of dough.
- Using a sharp knife, score top layers of phyllo (into diamond shapes) that sit on top of the nut mixture.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- While baklava cooks make the simple syrup.
- Add sugar, water, rose water, orange blossom water and lemon juice, to a cooking pot.
- Bring to a boil.
- Whisk until sugar has dissolved completely. Remove from heat.
- Remove baklawa from the oven and cover evenly with simple syrup.
- Cut through all layers of phyllo, remove baklava and serve.
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Nutrition
Calories: 216kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 81mg | Potassium: 85mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 201IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg