Baklava is a traditional and rich Greek dessert made with layers of phyllo pastry filled with chopped walnuts and then drenched in lemon syrup.
Ingredients →
Filling
- 750 grams fillo pastry
- 3 cups chopped walnuts
- 400 grams unsalted butter
- 1 x cup sugar
- 1 x teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 x teaspoon ground cloves
- cloves to garnish
Syrup
- 2 & 1/2 x cups water
- 3 x cups sugar
- 2 x tablespoons honey
- 1 x tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 x cinnamon stick
Method →
- Melt butter and lightly grease your baking dish.
- Combine chopped walnuts, sugar, ground cinnamon and ground cloves in a bowl and mix all together.
- Layer one-third of the pastry packet, brushing each sheet with melted butter.
- Sprinkle half of your nut mixture over the fillo.
- Layer the next third of the fillo, again brushing each sheet with melted butter.
- Sprinkle the remaining nut mixture on top of the second layer of fillo.
- Continue layering the remaining fillo, brushing each sheet with butter.
- Cut into diamond shapes, cutting all the way through to the base. Place clove on top of each piece.
- Pour remaining butter on top.
- Place in a 180-degree-Celsius pre-heated oven and bake for around 1 hour or until golden brown.
- In the meantime, place all ingredients for the syrup in a small saucepan and bring to a boil- for around 10 minutes or until it becomes slightly sticky.
- Allow the baklava to cool, and then pour syrup over the baklava.
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