💕 Baklava

Name: 💕 Baklava
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups sugar (about 600 grams); 2 cups water (500 ml); 2-3 whole cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 orange, cut in half; 1 package phyllo dough; 3 1/3 cups walnuts (about 400 grams); 1 3/4 cups butter (about 400 grams); 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/2 cup plain dry breadcrumbs (about 50 grams)

Teri @CathyF

This baklava is out of this world! If you have any left over for the second or even third day, it gets even better. The ingredients blend beautifully with the syrup, and you just can't stop eating it!

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Ingredients

2:30'

12 servings

3 cupssugar (about 600 grams)
2 cupswater (500 ml)
2-3whole cloves
1cinnamon stick
1orange, cut in half
Filling
1 packagephyllo dough
3 1/3 cupswalnuts (about 400 grams)
1 3/4 cupsbutter (about 400 grams)
1 tablespoonground cinnamon
1 teaspoonground cloves
1/2 cupplain dry breadcrumbs (about 50 grams)

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Steps

2:30'

1

Place all the syrup ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil until the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
2

In a blender, pulse the walnuts with the breadcrumbs, cloves, and cinnamon in small batches until finely chopped, but not powdered.
3

Generously butter a rectangular baking pan. Lay the first sheet of phyllo over half the pan, letting the rest hang over the edge, and brush with melted butter. Add another sheet to cover the empty half of the pan and brush with butter. Place the next sheet vertically and brush with butter.
4

Add 2 tablespoons of the filling over the phyllo sheets and continue with the next sheet. Brush with butter and add more filling, repeating the process until all the filling is used.
5

Reserve 3 sheets of phyllo for the top.
6

Fold all the overhanging phyllo sheets into the pan, press down well, and brush with butter.
7

Place two of the reserved sheets on top, brushing each with butter.
8

Add the final sheet of phyllo on top. Use a brush to press the edges of the sheet around the pan to seal the baklava.
9

Lightly score the top layers of the baklava with a knife and pour any remaining butter over the top.
10

Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C) with the fan on and bake for 2 hours.
11

As soon as you remove the baklava from the oven, pour the cooled syrup over it and let it cool completely.
12

Serve with a scoop of ice cream.