Baking
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Baklava
by @NomNomLayered pastry made of thin filo dough with nuts and honey syrup — famous Turkish dessert.
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
Step by step through the recipe
- 1 Melt 250 g butter. Mix 300 g nuts with 100 g sugar and 1 TL cinnamon.
- 2 Line a baking pan with 2–3 filo sheets from the 500 g filo dough (brushing each thinly with butter).
- 3 Spread a thin layer of the 300 g nuts, then add more filo sheets with butter, layering alternately until the 500 g filo dough and the 300 g nuts are used up.
- 4 Cut the pastry into diamonds.
- 5 Bake at 170 °C for about 35–40 minutes, until golden brown.
- 6 For the syrup: boil 250 ml water, 100 g sugar and 150 g honey until it thickens slightly. Add 1 EL lemon juice.
- 7 Pour the hot syrup over the still warm baklava. Let cool completely and serve.
Notes & tips
Note: Contains nuts (walnuts/pistachios) + gluten (filo) — nuts can be omitted, then as honey dough.
Nutrition
estimated per serving- Calories
- 385 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Fat
- 33 g
- Carbs
- 23 g
– = ingredient not in nutrition database (estimate incomplete)
