Baklava – In Addition To Thus Good, It’S Nuts!

Assuming y'all haven’t used upwards all your homemade filo dough already, equally promised, here’s my method for edifice what I intend is a beautiful baklava. Like lasagna, at that topographic point are equally many versions of this, equally at that topographic point are cooks who brand it, only regardless of the exact ingredients, or specific release of layers, the technique is the same. 

I tend to bask a generous ratio betwixt nuts as well as pastry, equally that makes me experience a piffling chip amend close the copious amounts of carbohydrate inwards this, only to a higher identify as well as beyond that, I intend this approach produces the best texture. As I mentioned inwards the video, y'all tin role equally many layers of filo equally y'all want, only survive careful, since equally good many may non create through, as well as the exclusively agency to mess this upwards is to undercook the dough. The piece of job past times as well as bottom layers demand to dry out out, as well as thoroughly crisp up, otherwise, i time the syrup gets ladled over, you’ll convey a soggy mess.

I would showtime peeking at it later on close 45 minutes, only it’s belike going to demand closer to an hour, or fifty-fifty more, depending on how much “stuff” y'all used. Once done, as well as finished alongside the syrup, y'all demand to allow this cool downward to room temp, which is incredibly difficult to do. But, your patience volition survive rewarded alongside i of the most delicious things known to man. I actually hope y'all laissez passer on this a attempt soon. Enjoy!

Makes i 9-inch circular Baklava:

*Note: I don’t know how this interpret to dissimilar size pans, only I’m certain you’ll figure that out.

Ingredients:

16 sheets homemade filo/phyllo dough (or 1 parcel frozen filo/phyllo dough, defrosted)

1 stick (1/2-cup) melted unsalted butter

- For the syrup:

1 1/2 cups sugar

3/4 loving cup water

1/4 loving cup honey

3 whole cloves

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 teaspoons orangish flower H2O (or sub roughly orangish as well as lemon peel)

- For the nut mixture:

2 1/2 cups walnut halves

1 loving cup shelled pistachios

1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

- Bake at 350 F. for close 1 hour, allow remainder for v minutes, as well as apply syrup

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