This recipe takes a little over an hour to prepare and cook. You require the following for this delicious dish.
Ingredients Needed:
For the filling:
- Chopped almonds (blanched if you like)-1 ½ cups
- Chopped unsalted pistachio nuts-1/2 cup
- White sugar-1/8 cup
- Freshly ground cardamom-1/4 teaspoon
For the pastry:
- Phyllo dough-16 sheets
- Unmelted, unsalted sweet butter-1 cup
For the syrup:
- Sugar-less than a cup
- Water-1/2 cup
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice-1/2 tablespoon
- Orange blossom water-1 teaspoon
Method Of Preparation:
- Firstly, preheat your oven to about 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Take all the filling ingredients and mix them well together.
- Get a 12×9 or 13×9 baking pan and butter it.
- Now, lay your Phyllo sheets on your counter and cover them with a plastic wrap.
- Place a damp cloth on top of them.
- Take a sheet and butter it well and repeat the process with 3 more so that you have 4 buttered sheets layered on top of each other.
- Next, take a large spoonful of the filling mixture and place it on the bottom of the first Phyllo sheet.
- Butter the edges and roll until you get something that looks like a large cigar.
- Now cut the rolls into pieces about 2 inches long. Repeat this with other rolls. Before you place them in the oven, butter the ends and the top of each roll. Let it bake for about 25 minutes until they turn golden brown.
- Making the syrup is simple. Mix your water and sugar in a pot and bring to a boil. Add the lemon juice and let it continue to boil for another 7 minutes or so. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the orange blossom water.
- The syrup should be poured onto the baklavas after they have cooled. Let the baklava soak in the syrup for about 20 minutes and do the same for the other side so that each baklava is evenly covered with the syrup.
- You can leave it for the entire day before you serve and enjoy this yummy sweet pastry.