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How to Make Baklava Recipe

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This classic Baklava recipe features layers of flaky fillo dough, a spiced walnut filling, and a fragrant rosewater syrup, baked to golden perfection for a rich and sweet dessert.

Ingredients

Scale

Baklava:

  • 2 pounds fillo dough (18–20 sheets per lb.)
  • 1 1/2 pounds unsalted butter (melted (32 tablespoons of butter))
  • 1 pound ground walnuts
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon rosewater

Syrup:

  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon rosewater
  • 1 lemon (juiced)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven: Preheat over at 350.
  2. Make syrup: Mix sugar, water and rosewater. Boil together and add lemon juice. Set aside.
  3. Prepare nut mixture: Mix ground nuts, sugar, cinnamon and rosewater and blend until finely chopped and mixed well in a food processor, set aside.
  4. Assemble baklava base: Brush 14×18 inch baking tray with melted butter. Place pastry sheet (1 piece of fillo dough) on bottom of pan and brush with butter. Repeat until you have piled up half of the fillo dough, each one brushed with butter. Distribute the nut mixture.
  5. Assemble top layers: Add second half of fillo dough on top of nut mixture, brushing each sheet with butter.
  6. Cut pastry: With a sharp knife, cut the uncooked tray in diamond shapes, starting lengthwise, about 1 1/2 inches wide, then cut diagonally about 1 1/2 inches.
  7. Bake: Place the pan in the middle rack of the oven and bake for 35-45 minutes (the baklava should be golden brown).
  8. Finish and serve: Remove from oven and immediately pour syrup very slowly over the Baklava. Let cool, re-cut and put in small cupcake tins.

Notes

  • Brush each sheet of fillo dough with melted butter to ensure crisp and flaky layers.
  • Pour syrup slowly and immediately after baking to keep the baklava moist and flavorful.
  • Let the baklava cool completely before serving to allow syrup to be absorbed fully.

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