Honey baklava – a detailed recipe for cooking. Share with друзьями: 
Time: 4 час.Difficulty: medium Quantity: 32 pcs. The recipes use dimensional capacity: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cups (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teahouse spoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
For baklava:
- 450 gr (about 3 tbsp.) chopped walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts and / or almonds
- 18 sheets of frozen filo dough (thaw)
- 1/4 Art. powdered sugar
- 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp natural vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
- 225 gr. melted butter
For syrup:
- 1 and 3/4 Art. Sahara
- 1/2 tbsp. honey
- 1 tbsp. l fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp rose water (optional)
Recipes with similar ingredients: filo dough, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds, lemon juice, icing sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, syrup
Recipe preparation:
- Make syrup: In a medium-sized saucepan, on bring medium heat to a low boil 2 tbsp. water with sugar and honey, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to moderately low. and cook until sugar dissolves and syrup thickens enough to stay on the back of the spoon, about 20 min Add lemon juice and rose water. Pour the syrup into a large measuring cup for liquids or a heat-resistant bowl and refrigerate before use (or up to 1 day).
- Cook the baklava: Place the wire rack in the lower third the oven. Preheat the oven to 190 ° C. In food processor mode pulse beat nuts, powdered sugar and cinnamon until formed big crumbs. Transfer to a bowl, mix with vanilla extract and salt. Lubricate the bottom and sides of the baking dish in size 23×33 cm. Melted butter. Trim the filo dough to size 23×33 cm. with kitchen scissors, cover with a damp towel. Put 1 sheet of filo dough in the prepared form and grease it butter. Repeat these steps with 5 more sheets of dough, lubricating each with butter.
- Sprinkle evenly the base of the filo dough in about 3/4 tbsp. nut mixture. Cover the top with 2 more sheets of dough, greasing each butter, then lay out another 3/4 tbsp. nut mixture. Make 2 more layers in the same way (2 greased sheets of dough filo and 3/4 tbsp. nut mixture on each layer), then cover the remaining 6 sheets of dough, greasing each. Sprinkle with baklava on top of the remaining nuts. Cut the baklava into 32 triangles. Place the pan in the oven and bake until the baklava becomes golden brown and crispy, approximately 40 min. (if nuts start to burn quickly, cover the mold with foil). from the oven and pour evenly on top of the prepared syrup. Give syrup soak for at least 2 hours
