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Baklava
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Baklava

Layered pastry made of thin filo dough with nuts and honey syrup — famous Turkish dessert.

⏱️ Prep time 45 min. 🍳 Cook time 40 min. 🍽️ 12 servings 📊 Difficulty: hard ⭐ 9/10
🥜 Allergies considered in this recipe: 🌰 Nüsse🌾 Gluten

Source / link: Türkische Küche

Ingredients

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500 g (1 Packung) Filo dough
250 g Butter (or vegan)
300 g Walnuts or pistachios (coarsely chopped)
100 g Sugar
1 TL Cinnamon
250 ml Water
150 g Honey
1 EL Lemon juice

Preparation

  1. 1Melt the butter. Mix the nuts with sugar and cinnamon.
  2. 2Line a baking pan with 2–3 filo sheets (brushing each with butter).
  3. 3Spread a thin layer of nuts, then again filo sheets with butter, layering alternately until all ingredients are used up.
  4. 4Cut the pastry into diamonds.
  5. 5Bake at 170 °C for about 35–40 minutes, until golden brown.
  6. 6For the syrup: boil water, sugar, and honey until it thickens slightly. Add lemon juice.
  7. 7Pour hot syrup over the still warm baklava. Let it cool completely and serve.

Notes & tips

Note: Contains nuts (walnuts/pistachios) + gluten (filo) — nuts can be omitted, then as honey dough. Without egg, without cow's milk, without soy (filo usually without egg/milk).

Nutrition

estimated per serving
Calories
385 kcal
Protein
4 g
Fat
33 g
Carbs
23 g

– = ingredient not in nutrition database (estimate incomplete)