Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, baklava. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baklava is a sweet dessert made of layers of phyllo filled with chopped walnuts and pistachios, soaked with honey syrup. This heavenly Baklava combines honey-soaked layers of flaky phyllo pastry with spiced walnuts. It's a great make-ahead dessert perfect for the holidays or special occasions.

Baklava is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Baklava is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baklava using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baklava:

1. Prepare 9 sheets phyllo
2. Make ready 1/2 lbs ground walnuts
3. Take 1/4 cup brown sugar
4. Take 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5. Prepare 2 cups water
6. Make ready 1 tablespoon lemon juice
7. Make ready 2 tablespoon maple syrup
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon olive oil
9. Take 1 tablespoon milk

Baklava or baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman countries. It is made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts, such as walnuts, almonds, or pistachios, and sweetened with syrup or honey. Not to be confused with balaclava or Balaklava. The iconic Baklava is astonishingly straight forward to make!

Instructions to make Baklava:

1. To make the filling: combine brown sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.
2. Place 3 sheets of phyllo in the prepared pan lightly brushed with butter, spread half of the filling, top with 3 more sheets, add the other half of filling and end with the last 3 sheets of phyllo. Brush the top with butter.
3. To make the syrup: stir the water, lemon juice, maple syrup until all dissolves on low heat and let it cool once done.
4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
5. With a sharp knife cut the top layer of phyllo in triangles.
6. Just before baking, lightly sprinkle with cold water. This inhibits the pastry from curling.
7. Bake it for about 20-30 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown.
8. Cut through the scored lines and drizzle the cooled syrup slowly over the hot baklava. Let it cool and serve it at room temperature.

The iconic Baklava is my all time favourite pastry that I can't get enough of. You'll love how homemade Baklava is not overly sweet and. If you're tired of buying tiny pieces of expensive baklava, make a pan of it at home. Create a flavorful syrup with your favorite spices and use your choice of nuts to make a rich filling. Baklava uses phyllo dough stacked with honey and nuts to make a sweet Mediterranean dessert that everyone will love.

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