Rose and Pistachio Baklava

Name: Rose and Pistachio Baklava
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 20 pieces ready-made filo pastry, 30 x 30cm size; 250 grams butter; 180 grams pistachios, blend coarsely using a food processor; 1 teaspoon cardamom powder, mix into the pistachios; 50 grams butter, for greasing; for the syrup; 300 grams light brown sugar; 220 ml water; 40 ml honey; 2 tsp rose blossom water (kewra); Juice from half lemon; Pinch sal

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Rose and Pistachio Baklava

Malaysian Kitchen UK @cook_15918593

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Ingredients

20 piecesready-made filo pastry, 30 x 30cm size
250 gramsbutter
180 gramspistachios, blend coarsely using a food processor
1 teaspooncardamom powder, mix into the pistachios
50 gramsbutter, for greasing
for the syrup
300 gramslight brown sugar
220 mlwater
40 mlhoney
2 tsprose blossom water (kewra)
Juice from half lemon
Pinchsal

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 180c fan force
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2. Melt the 250g butter. Grease a baking tray and start brushing the melted butter onto each of the filo pastry and arrange 5 buttered layers onto the greased baking tray. Sprinkle the pistachios cardamom mix all across the filo pastry.
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3. Repeat the process of brushing the filo pastry and sprinkling the pistachios mixture. Each layer will consist of 5 buttered filo pastry. Once you finish layering the baklava, take a sharp serrated knife and make a diamond score all across the pastry making sure you cut the pastry through to the bottom.
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4. Place the Baklava into a preheated oven and bake on 170c for 45 minutes. The pastry will be golden. If the baklava gets dark too quickly, cover with aluminium foil
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5. While the baklava is cooking, make your sugar syrup. Bring to boil the sugar over medium heat. Once it started to boil add in the honey, rose blossom water, lemon juice and salt. Keep the sugar syrup and pour this all over the baklava as soon as the baklava is out of the oven.
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6. Cover with tin foil and allow to cool overnight on your tabletop. Cut and enjoy!!!

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Malaysian Kitchen UK @cook_15918593

on March 18, 2020 14:44

Bristol

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