Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, baklava. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

CUT the baklava after assembly and before cooking, and top with butter to make everything smooth and "pretty". Put the cooled sauce on as soon as you pull the baklava out of the oven. It tastes like the baklava I buy in the Greek stores downtown and a LOT cheaper per piece.

Baklava is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Baklava is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook baklava using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baklava:

1. Prepare 1/2 pack Filo pastry thawed. (I had a pack of 375g of filo pastry. I have cut them into the tin size and used)
2. Make ready 100 grams unsalted butter melted
3. Get 1/4 cup almonds chopped
4. Get 1/4 cup walnuts chopped
5. Prepare 1/4 cup pistachio chopped
6. Get 2 tsp cinnamon powder
7. Get 2 tbsp powdered sugar or as per the sweetness needed
8. Prepare 1 tbsp lemon juice
9. Get 1/4 cup honey
10. Make ready 3/4 cup water
11. Prepare 1/4 cup sugar or as per sweetness needed

One in May is the Greek Hellenic Festival. My family enjoys baklava—a traditional walnut strudel. The recipe uses phyllo dough, which is not difficult to work with. Just have your ingredients ready to go and follow the directions on the package.

Instructions to make Baklava:

1. First, make the syrup. In a pot, add sugar, water, and honey. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then reduce heat to low and boil an additional 5 mins. Add lemon juice. Mix well. Remove from heat and let syrup cool while preparing baklava.
2. In a plate add the chopped nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachio). Or add the nuts as per your choice. Grind the nuts coarse and remove in a bowl. Add cinnamon powder and powdered sugar. Mix well and keep aside.
3. Take the filo pastry sheets and trim it to the size of the pan to be used. I have used a rectangular 8"x6" pan. Cover the pastry sheets with a damp cloth to prevent from drying.
4. Grease the pan with the melted butter with the help of a brush. Place a filo pastry sheet in the greased tin. Brush it with melted butter. Place other filo pastry sheet over it and brush it with melted butter. Similarly, place other eight pastry sheets over it. Sprinkle the powdered nut mixture over the buttered sheets generously.
5. Place a filo pastry sheet over it and brush it with butter. Place again five more sheets of filo pastry applying butter on it. Again put the powdered nut mixture on the entire surface. Place five more sheet applying butter on them. Again sprinkle the powdered nut mixture on the buttered sheets. Place ten more sheets applying butter in between.
6. Cut the pastry into the diamond. Bake the pastry in a preheated oven at 180 C for 1 hour and 15 minutes or the top surface turns golden. Remove from oven and immediately pour cooled syrup evenly with the help of spoon over the hot baklava. This will ensure that it stays crisp rather than soggy. Let baklava cool completely, uncovered and at room temp.
7. Remove and serve.

The results are scrumptious and well worth the effort. Baklava is a delicious phyllo pastry popular in Middle Eastern countries. Its supposed origins are Turkish, dating to the Byzantine Empire (or even further), though many cultures claim it for their own. Many Greek and Lebanese restaurants serve it, and it is now a featured dessert of several former Ottoman countries. Garnish baklava with finely chopped nuts or drizzle with melted chocolate.

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