Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, baklava. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. 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 popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Baklava is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook baklava using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Baklava:

1. Get 1 kg phyllo pastry, preferrably the finest you can get.
2. Prepare 1/2 kg walnuts, coarsely chopped
3. Get 1/2 kg raw almonds, coarsely chopped
4. Make ready 3 tbsp finely ground cinnamon
5. Make ready 1 tbsp finely ground cloves
6. Take 600 g, approximately, fresh butter, melted
7. Make ready For the syrup
8. Get 6 cups sugar
9. Make ready 500 ml glucose, or, 500 ml honey
10. Prepare 1 l water
11. Take the rind of two lemons, and two cinnamon sticks

Cut a diagonal diamond pattern in the baklava using a very sharp knife. Whereas it is most common to find baklava made entirely with walnuts here in Greece, I prefer a combination with almonds. Many ethnic festivals are held in my city throughout the year. One in May is the Greek Hellenic Festival.

Instructions to make Baklava:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

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. The results are scrumptious and well worth the effort. Garnish baklava with finely chopped nuts or drizzle with melted chocolate.

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