Baklava

Anshul dureja
Anshul dureja @cookdureja1927
Haryana

#ganesha The main thing in this receipe is handling of phyllo sheets i.e one should be very generous while handling them

Baklava

#ganesha The main thing in this receipe is handling of phyllo sheets i.e one should be very generous while handling them

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Ingredients

  1. 1pounch chopped nuts
  2. 1 tspground cinnamon
  3. 1 packagephyllo sheets
  4. 1 cupmelted butter
  5. 1 cupwhite sugar
  6. 1/2 cuphoney
  7. 1 tspvanilla essence
  8. 1 tspgrated lemon zest

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven at 180°c

  2. 2

    Butter a rectangular baking dish in which phyllo sheets cab fit easily

  3. 3

    Toss together cinnamon and nuts

  4. 4

    Unroll phyllo and divide whole stacks into two portion i.e if there are 20 sheets then divide it into 10-10

  5. 5

    Then cover these sheets with samp cloth to maintain moisture and avoid from drying out

  6. 6

    Place two phyllo sheets in the prepared dish bottom and butter them generously

  7. 7

    Sprinkle 2-3tbsp of nut mixture on that

  8. 8

    Then repeart the layer of two phyllo sheets on that and then again butter it and place nuts on that and repeat same procedure untill all material gets finished and the top layer should be of phyllo only i.e no nuts on top

  9. 9

    Now using a knife cut baklava into four or five long rows nad nine to 11 times diagonally to make 36-55 diamond shapes, i.e this process totally depends on the dish size, it might be less or it might be more

  10. 10

    Bake it in preheated oven until golden brownand crisp for 30minutes

  11. 11

    While it's baking combine sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in honey vanilla essence and lemon zest and aimmer it for another 20 minutes

  12. 12

    Remove baklava from oven and immediately put that syrup over it by spoon

  13. 13

    Let it cool before serving.

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Anshul dureja
Anshul dureja @cookdureja1927
Next time i will mix cardamom powder too in ground cinnamon

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