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A pastry made with dried fruit found mainly around the shores of the eastern Mediterranean.
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For 30 baklavas:
- 250g filo pastry(10 sheets)
- 250g walnuts
- 100g melted butter
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 30g pistachio nuts
- 1 baking sheet 30×40cm
For the syrup:
- 125g sugar
- 60g water
- 30g orange flower xater
- 5g lemon juice
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- Prepare the ingredients in advance, as filo pastry starts to dry out as soon as the packet is opened.
Chop the walnuts roughly, without reducing them to a powder. Add the cinnamon and pistachio nuts and mix well.
- Place a sheet of baking parchment on the baking sheet and butter well. Melt the 100g butter in a small saucepan. You will use the melted butter to brush each sheet of filo as you place it on the sheet.
- First of all place 3 sheets of buttered filo onto the baking sheet, raising up the edges slightly. Sprinkle the prepared filling on top and cover with (1) a sheet of buttered filo, sprinkle the prepared filling on top of this and then repeat in a similar fashion, finishing with three sheets of buttered filo. Before putting in the oven, cut the pastry into diamond shapes, cutting right through to the bottom sheet.
- Bake at 150 for 70 minutes until golden.
- Meanwhile prepare the syrup. Place all the ingredients into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Boil for 8 minutes.
- Pour the boiling syrup over the baklavas as soon as you take them out of the oven.
- Allow to cool for 24 hours.
- Bon appétit!
The baklavas should keep for 4 days in a tin.
Adapted from an original recipe by Dillou
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