Greek baklava from filo pastry with pistachios - Detailed recipes with photos.

Greek baklava from filo pastry with pistachios – a detailed recipe cooking. Time: 2 час.30 min. Difficulty: easy Quantity: 40 pcs. The recipes use volumetric containers: one cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.

Contents

1 Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1.1 Baklava
- 1.2 Syrup
2 Recipe preparation:

Ingredients for the recipe:

Baklava

450 gr coarse pistachios and / or walnuts plus bit for decoration
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon or to taste
1 tbsp. ground biscuits or breadcrumbs
450 gr melted butter
16 sheets of filo dough cut in half (thaw if frozen)

Syrup

3 tbsp. Sahara
1 can (170 – 225 gr.) Honey
1 – 2 tbsp. l fresh lemon juice

Recipes with similar ingredients: filo dough, syrup, crackers, breadcrumbs, lemon juice, pistachios, walnuts, cinnamon, honey

Recipe preparation:

Place the wire rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat it to 180 ° C. Combine nuts, cinnamon, and ground crackers in a bowl. butter baking dish 23-33 cm in size. Put in the shape of 10 slices of filo dough, greasing each with butter, and then adding the following (keep the rest of the dough under wet towel). Sprinkle the dough 1/4 part of the nut mixture. Lay out on top 4 slices of filo dough, greasing each with butter, and then laying out the next one. Sprinkle another 1/4 of the nut mixture. Add 4 more slices of filo dough on top, greasing each creamy butter, then put the next 1/4 of the nut mixture, another 4 pieces of dough, oiled, and then the remaining nuts.
Put the remaining 10 sheets of filo on top of the nuts, smearing each with butter, once again grease the surface with butter. Cut the baklava into strips about 4 cm wide. Then make diagonal cuts at a distance of about 4 cm to turned out rhombuses. Bake until golden, about hour. Meanwhile, prepare the syrup: In a saucepan on medium bring sugar, honey and 1.5 tbsp to a boil over a fire water. Cook 10-15 min Add lemon juice and cook for another 2 minutes, then give lightly cool. Pour the warm baklava with syrup, let it soak, do not covering at least 6 hours or all night. Garnish with nuts.