Almond Baklava

Name: Almond Baklava
Prep time: 9 h 25 min
Cook time: 9 h 25 min
Total time: 9 h 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon allspice; 710 milliliters whole natural almonds, roasted; 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon; 158 milliliters honey; 79 milliliters premium orange juice; 454 grams package phyllo dough, thawed for 15 to 30 minutes if frozen; 0 teaspoons salt; 414 milliliters sugar; 3 sticks unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 79 milliliters water

Almond Baklava

Almond Baklava might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 696 calories, 11g of protein, and 43g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up premium orange juice, natural almonds, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 9 hours and 25 minutes.

Instructions

Combine ingredients in a microwave-safe container, and cook on high heat 1 minute. Stir and cook 1 more minute.

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Microwave

Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold.

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Place almonds in a food processor and process with sugar, cinnamon, allspice and salt until almonds are roughly ground.

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Allspice

Cinnamon

Almonds

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Generously brush a 13 by 9 by 2-inch glass baking dish with melted butter. Halve phyllo sheets crosswise and stack sheets. Keep stack covered with 2 overlapping sheets of plastic wrap and then a dampened clean kitchen towel.

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Filo Pastry

Butter

Wrap

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Glass Baking Pan

Kitchen Towels

Plastic Wrap

Lay 2 sheets of phyllo in bottom of baking dish and brush top sheet generously with butter.

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Butter

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Baking Pan

Add a couple of tablespoons of almond mixture. Continue to layer 2 sheets at a time, staggering sheets in each double layer slightly to cover bottom of dish, brushing every second sheet generously with butter and add 1 cup of the almond mixture, until 10 sheets of phyllo have been used, total.

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Almonds

Butter

Brush top layer of phyllo with butter.

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Butter

Let baklava stand at room temperature to harden slightly, about 10 to 15 minutes.

Using a sharp knife, cut baklava into 6 equal squares, then cut each piece in half diagonally to make 12 triangles. Be sure to cut all the way through.

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Knife