Baklava

Name: Baklava
Prep time: 3 h 40 min
Cook time: 3 h 40 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 177 milliliters mild honey; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 454 grams package frozen phyllo pastry, thawed according to package directions; 237 milliliters 1/4 pound pistachio nuts, rinsed and patted dry; 315 milliliters sugar, divided; 296 milliliters unsalted butter, melted; 710 milliliters 3/4 pound walnuts

The recipe Baklavan is ready in roughly 3 hours and 40 minutes and is definitely a super vegetarian option for lovers of middl eastern food. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 683 calories, 10g of protein, and 45g of fat. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A couple people really liked this dessert. Head to the store and pick up ground cinnamon, sugar, phyllo pastry, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 30

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Oven

Chop pistachios in a food processor a few seconds until finely chopped.

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Pistachio Nuts

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Food Processor

Add walnuts, 2/3 cup sugar, and cinnamon, and process until the texture of coarse meal; pulse out any lumps. Set aside.

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Cinnamon

Walnuts

Sugar

Lightly fit 1 phyllo sheet in the bottom of a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish; trim phyllo to fit, if necessary.

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Baking Pan

Brush well with melted butter. Fit 7 more phyllo sheets in dish, brushing each layer well with melted butter.

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Filo Pastry

Butter

Scatter a generous 1/3 cup nut mixture over phyllo.

Add 2 more phyllo sheets, brushing each with melted butter, then another 1/3 cup nut mixture. Continue layering phyllo and nut mixture, brushing each sheet with butter, until all nut mixture is used. Top with remaining phyllo sheets, brushing each with melted butter.

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Filo Pastry

Butter

Place baklava in freezer 10 minutes. (This makes it easier to cut.)

Slice baklava in a 2-inch-wide, diamond-shaped pattern. (At this point, baklava may be frozen: Wrap pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil, label and date, and freeze.)

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Dates

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Set baking dish on middle oven rack, and place a shallow pan of water on rack underneath.

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Water

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Baking Pan

Oven

Bake at 300 for 2 hours and 10 minutes or until golden brown. (

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Oven

Bake frozen baklava, uncovered, in same way at 300 for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until golden brown.)

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Oven

Combine remaining 2/3 cup sugar, 2 cups water, honey, and lemon juice in a large, heavy, nonstick saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.

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Lemon Juice