Baklava
Course: Dessert Recipes, Turkish KitchenServings
2
servingsPrep time
20
minutesCooking time
30
minutesCalories
400
kcal
Ingredients
Filo pastry
200 g melted butter (salted)
- For the syrup:
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp rose essence
- For the nut mixture:
50 g almonds
50 g cashews
100 g pistachios
100 g walnuts
½ tsp cinnamon powder
¼ tsp nutmeg powder
½ cup sugar
Directions
- Chop or grind the walnuts, almonds and pistachios very finely. Mix the nuts with the sugar, cinnamon powder and nutmeg powder.
- Butter each layer of filo. After 6 lavers, add some nuts. Then, butter another 6 layers and add most of the nut mixture. Top with another 6 layers and the remaining nuts. Finish with 6 layers of filo.
- Cut diamond shapes or squares from the tray before placing in the oven.
- Bake for approximately 30 minutes at 180 °C until golden brown.
- Once out, pour the syrup on the hot baklava and sprinkle some pistachios on top of each baklava square.