Enough with Malabar?? nah!! just thought of taking a break in between..
I think most of you all know about Baklava- the traditional Arabic Dessert. Its made of filo pastry and chopped/crushed nuts and sweetened with sugar syrup or honey. Its an easy one!! The only thing you should know is to 'working with filo pastry'. If you have frozen filo pastry, then its good. Baklava varies from region to region in taste; but the process is just the same. The only difference is in the combination of nuts you use. You can use any nuts of your choice; Walnuts, pecans, almonds, pistachios etc.
Bookmarked this recipe during Daring Bakers' challenge from many blogs.
Method:
1.Prepare syrup using the syrup ingredients . Boil them for about 10 minutes and then strain the orange peel. Let it cool.
2. Thaw the filo pastry and cut the pastry to fit in your pan.
3..Crush the nuts,cinnamon powder and sugar together until it is finely crushed. You can use food-processor or cut finely with a knife. Some like it finely powdered while others wish to have crunchy bites of nuts. You can use any combination of nuts. Next time, I would prefer a combination of almonds and pistachios.
4. Melt the butter. Brush the pan lightly with butter. Now place phyllo pastry and then brush with butter again. Do this atleast 7 times.
5. Now layer half of the nuts mixture on top of that. (The nuts layer should not be too thick as we are layering them twice here. I can't give you the exact measurement as it depends on your baking dish.) Mine was a bit thick and I need to reduce the measure next time if using the same dish.
6. Continue layering phyllo and butter 4 times. Then nuts mixture again .
7. Layer the pastries 4 times again and its done now. Pour the remaining butter on top. (max of 1/4 cup).
8.Preheat oven to 170 degrees. Cut the baklava in desired shapes carefully so that the layers are not disturbed. Bake them until it is golden browned on top.
9. Now when it is hot, pour the cooled syrup on top of it so that it covers the top layer nicely. Leave it to soak for overnight.
I think most of you all know about Baklava- the traditional Arabic Dessert. Its made of filo pastry and chopped/crushed nuts and sweetened with sugar syrup or honey. Its an easy one!! The only thing you should know is to 'working with filo pastry'. If you have frozen filo pastry, then its good. Baklava varies from region to region in taste; but the process is just the same. The only difference is in the combination of nuts you use. You can use any nuts of your choice; Walnuts, pecans, almonds, pistachios etc.
Bookmarked this recipe during Daring Bakers' challenge from many blogs.
Ingredients:
Phyllo/Filo pastry 1 packet (frozen)
Pistachios 85 gm
Walnuts 60 gms
Almonds 60 gms ( u can use any combination of nuts or just pistachios alone)
Cinnamon powder
Sugar 75gms
Butter 100 gms
For the syrup
Sugar 140ml
Honey 150 ml
Water 150 ml
Orange rind (optional)
Method:
1.Prepare syrup using the syrup ingredients . Boil them for about 10 minutes and then strain the orange peel. Let it cool.
2. Thaw the filo pastry and cut the pastry to fit in your pan.
3..Crush the nuts,cinnamon powder and sugar together until it is finely crushed. You can use food-processor or cut finely with a knife. Some like it finely powdered while others wish to have crunchy bites of nuts. You can use any combination of nuts. Next time, I would prefer a combination of almonds and pistachios.
4. Melt the butter. Brush the pan lightly with butter. Now place phyllo pastry and then brush with butter again. Do this atleast 7 times.
5. Now layer half of the nuts mixture on top of that. (The nuts layer should not be too thick as we are layering them twice here. I can't give you the exact measurement as it depends on your baking dish.) Mine was a bit thick and I need to reduce the measure next time if using the same dish.
6. Continue layering phyllo and butter 4 times. Then nuts mixture again .
7. Layer the pastries 4 times again and its done now. Pour the remaining butter on top. (max of 1/4 cup).
8.Preheat oven to 170 degrees. Cut the baklava in desired shapes carefully so that the layers are not disturbed. Bake them until it is golden browned on top.
9. Now when it is hot, pour the cooled syrup on top of it so that it covers the top layer nicely. Leave it to soak for overnight.
Irresistible and nutty baklava makes me drool..
ReplyDeletewow, this sure looks so yummy, a wonderful post and lovely clicks..
ReplyDeletejust Yummy.. and a perfect recipe you have come up with :)
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