Baklava
This dessert is all Greek to us! Layers upon crispy layers of scrumptious sweetness come together in this sugary treat. A puffy pastry filled with a cinnamon-walnut mixture and topped with yummy honey. You bet your Baklava this is one dessert you will devour!
Ingredients
- 16 ounce(s) butter, melted
- 16 ounce(s) phyllo pastry leaves
- 16 ounce(s) walnuts, shelled and chopped
- 2/3 cup(s) sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup(s) breadcrumbs
- 2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon, ground
- 1 teaspoon(s) allspice
- 3 tablespoon(s) whole cloves
- 1 cup(s) honey
- 12 floz water
- 2 cup(s) sugar
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 33/100 tablespoon(s) orange rind, grated
- 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine all ingredients for syrup in saucepan and bring to boil.
- Simmer for 10 min.
- , strain, and allow cooling.
- Mix egg, sugar, cinnamon and allspice together.
- Coarsely grind or chop walnuts, and mix thoroughly with breadcrumbs and egg mixture.
- Brush a 9 x13 x2 inch pan with butter and lay a sheet of phyllo in bottom.
- Brush with butter, cover with another sheet of phyllo, and repeat process until you have used a dozen sheets.
- Spread 1 thin layer of nut mixture on top of phyllo and cover with a sheet of phyllo.
- Brush with butter, cover with another layer of nuts, and repeat process until all nuts are used.
- Cover with remaining phyllo sheets, brushing each sheet with butter.
- With a very sharp knife, cut the top phyllo sheets into triangles (cutting diagonally across pan).
- Insert clove in center of each triangle.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hr.
- until baklava is evenly browned.
- Remove baklava from oven and pour cooled syrup evenly over it, so that it penetrates the layers.
- Cool several hours before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 11323.44kcalCarbohydrates: 1240.85gProtein: 118.18gFat: 642.99gSaturated Fat: 196.91gCholesterol: 169.68mgSodium: 6559.88mgFiber: 55.39gSugar: 857.95g
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