Middle Eastern Recipes

Baklave Recipe


Baklava
Baklava Recipe from Turkey

This tasty popular Turkish dessert recipe is highly recommended
to be served as a companion with black tea or coffee. No
Mid East feast is complete without this great baklava dessert


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  • Type
  • Vegetarian
  • Level
  • Advanced
  • Prep Time
  • hours
  • Total Time
  • hours
  • Yield
  • 12 servings
Tools You Will Need:

  1 tsp
  1 tbsp
  1 large bowl
  1 cup
  Baking tray
  Pot
  Lemon squeezer
 
Ingredients:
 
  ½ cup crushed pistachios 
 
½ cup crushed walnuts 
 
½ cup crushed almonds
 
½ cup crushed white sesame seeds
 
½ cup crushed pecans
 
½ cup honey
 
3 Tbsp melted fresh butter
 
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
 
1 Tsp cinnamon
 
1 cup filtered water
 
1 cup sugar
  3 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
 
 
Directions:

 
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  1. Preparing the filling:  

        a: Roast almonds, pistachios, pecans and walnuts for 5 minutes.
        b: Add honey and cinnamon and sesame seeds, mix well and put it
            aside in a bowl.

  2. Preparing the syrup:

      Heat the water, sugar and lemon juice until they boil. Mix in the
      syrup, let it cook on a low fire for minutes and then turn off the fire.

  3. Preparing Philo pastry leaves: 

        a: Put 1 thin layer of the pastry in the baking tray and coat it     
            with butter. Then add 2 more layers of pastry coated with 
            butter.
        b: Put the pre-prepared filling on the pastry layers and gently
            put pressure on top.      
        c: Add 2 more pastry layers coated with butter over the
            filling, then 1 more layer coated  brushed  with olive oil.
       d: Before baking, cut the baklava into squares, then bake it
           for 17 minutes at 390° until it gets  a yellowish color. 
       e: Spread syrup on top, and your delicious baklava is ready
 
Bon Appetite!
 
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