Dessert Recipes Turkish Kitchen

Baklava

4 from 1 vote
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert Recipes, Turkish Kitchen
Servings 2 servings
Calories 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

Instructions
 

  • 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.

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