What is a recipe for baklava?

Answer 1

3 1/2 cups sugar

2 1/2 cups water

2 tablespoons honey

2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

1 stick cinnamon

3 whole cloves

1/2 pound walnuts, finely chopped

1/2 pound blanched almonds, finely chopped

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 1/2 pounds filo pastry

1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, melted

Sometimes a spice called Cardamom is added for a kick(called Hel in Persian or Hebrew)

Answer 2

{| |- | Syrup

2 cups sugar

2 cups water

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Pastry

1 package of filo dough (28 sheets of dough)

2 cups walnuts

2 sticks of sweet unsalted butter

Finely chopped pistachio nuts (optional)

1 paper towel and wire mesh strainer Insert photo here

Heat oven to 350 degrees

To make syrup, combine the cold water with the sugar in a medium sized saucepan. Boil mixture for 5 minutes then lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes uncovered. The syrup is ready when it is light yellow color and when a small spoonful of cooled syrup is dropped on a wooden spoon it is tacky and not drippy. Stir in the lemon juice into syrup and set aside to cool.

Grind walnuts in a food processor or blender. Process until medium to finely ground. Set aside.

Coat a 9 by 13 inch baking pan with butter.

Open package of filo dough, unfold the pastry and keep well covered under a towel to prevent the pastry from drying out. Cut the pastry right in half. Layer 1/2 of the pastry in pan. Spread the ground walnuts over the pastry. Proceed layering the remaining pastry sheets on top of the walnuts.

With a sharp knife, cut pastry all the way through, forming diamond or square shape pieces. (Take your time cutting. Pastry is very delicate.)

Melt the 2 sticks of butter slowly, on a low flame. As the butter melts, spoon the foam off the top and discard. When the butter is fully melted and starts to boil, turn the flame off. In a wire mesh strainer, place 1 paper towel. Take the melted butter and pour into the strainer over the baklava. (The paper towel catches any foam that was left over in the butter). Pour the butter evenly over the baklava. (While doing this step, make sure the butter is boiling hot when you pour it into the strainer and over the baklava).

Bake the baklava in the center of the oven for 45-50 minutes at 350 degrees. Top should be a light golden brown. Remove the baklava from the oven and let it cool to room temperature.

Pour the lukewarm syrup evenly over the baklava. Sprinkle the baklava with ground pistachio nuts. Serve at room temperature. |}

Answer 3

Here is step by step procedures to make baklava! 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 2. Melt two sticks of butter and butter a 9x13 inch pan 3. Mix cinnamon and ground nuts 4. Unroll phyllo dough and cut to fit pan (if necessary) 5. Place two layers of dough on the bottom of the pan. 6. Spread melted butter evenly on the dough and toss nuts on it 7. Repeat steps five and six until there is no dough remaining. 8. Bake in oven for 45 minutes 9. While baking, combine sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat until it boils. Mix in honey, vanilla, and lemon zest. 10. Remove baklava from oven and spread sugar mixture over it. 11. Let cool 12. WALA! BAKLAVA! yum =)

Answer 4

Filo pastry (variations in spelling include "phyllo", "phylo", "fillo"), butter, walnuts (or another kind of nut, for non-classic baklava), sugar.

Traditional baklava is made with honey instead of sugar.

Answer 5

Because phyllo dough requires a lot of work and effort to roll out as thin as it should be, most cooks purchase phyllo dough for baklava. It is available in the frozen food section of most supermarkets.

Answer 6

in a microwave. covered with a tea towel. up to 2/3 days

Answer 7

Baklava is prepared in a pan, with the dough, butter, nuts placed on top. Many recipes have multiple layers of this. It is cut into shapes and syrup is poured on top.

Answer 8

Puff pastry