Baklava with date filling

Name: Baklava with date filling
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 16 phylo pastry sheets; 100 gm melted butter; for the filling:; 1/2 kg ripe black dated deseeded and peeled; 2 tbsp butter; for the syrup:; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup water; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp rose water; 1 tbsp orange flower water

Marianne Arida @cook_5439416

This is a very easy recipe, though lots of steps. TRUST ME your guests WILL love it.

Marianne Arida @cook_5439416

This is a very easy recipe, though lots of steps. TRUST ME your guests WILL love it.

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Ingredients

16phylo pastry sheets
100 gmmelted butter
for the filling:
1/2 kgripe black dated deseeded and peeled
2 tbspbutter
for the syrup:
1 cupsugar
1 cupwater
1 tsplemon juice
1 tbsprose water
1 tbsporange flower water

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Steps

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FOR THE SYRUP: Prepare it one day ahead. Put Water and Sugar on HIGH heat stir well till Sugar dissolves. boil uncovered for 5 minutes. Add lemon juice, rose water and orange flower water and boil for 2 more minutes. Cool and refrigerate.
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FOR THE FILLING: In a heavy base pan on very low heat mix prepared dates and Butter. Simmer for about 30 - 40 minutes stiring on and off until dates turn to a dark red colour and all Water evaporates. Set aside. Keep warm.
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ASSEMBLING YOUR DESSERT: Spread one phylo pastry sheet in a buttered baking dish and brush pastry sheet with melted butter. Repeat this process with 8 sheets brushing each sheet with Butter. Spread your warm date filling evenly over the phylo pastry. Spread one phylo pastry sheet over the dates, brush with melted butter. Continue till you finish all the phylo pastry sheets.
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Cut the phylo pastry into squares with a sharp knife. The size of each square is up to you.
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Preheat oven to 180*C. Bake your baklava for 30 minutes. Raise temp to 200*C and bake for 10 more minutes till golden brown.
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Remove HOT baklava from oven and immediately pour COLD refrigerated syrup over baklava. (This is the secret of a crispy baklava.)
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Best eaten same day.
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Enjoy
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