Baklava Recipe
Phyllo pastry filled with chopped nuts and soaked in a syrup mixture.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb. Phyllo Pastry Sheets
- 3/4 cups melted Butter
- 1/2 lb. Walnuts or Almonds, chopped fine
- 1/4 cup Bread Crumbs
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. Cloves
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- Juice of 1 Lemon, to taste
Baklava
Syrup
Instructions
- Place one pastry sheet in well-buttered 9x13 inch baking pan and brush with melted butter.
- Place second pastry sheet on top of the first and butter again.
- Repeat until you have 6 layers of buttered pastry sheets.
- Mix walnuts or almonds, bread crumbs, sugar, cinnamon, and cloves.
- Thickly sprinkle top pastry sheet with mixture and place the buttered pastry sheets over this.
- Repeat in same manner until all ingredients have been used, ending with 6 pastry sheets.
- Brush top with remaining butter and trim edges with a sharp knife.
- Cut diagonal lines the length of the pan to make diamond shape pieces. Sprinkle with water.
- Bake in moderate oven for about 1 hour or until golden brown.
- Boil sugar, water, and lemon juice for 10 minutes.
- Pour hot syrup over cooked baklava.
- Allow to stand for several hours before serving.
Baklava
Syrup