Baklava
05:00You'll need...
125g butter, melted
200g walnuts
1 teaspoon ground
cinnamon
1 packet filo pastry
100g caster sugar
100ml water
6 tablespoons Greek
honey
1 piece of lemon peel
To make...
Turn the oven to 180oC.
Grease a small baking dish.
Chop the nuts and mix
with cinnamon. Put to one side.
Unroll filo pastry. Cut
the pastry to fit the baking dish.
Take two sheets of filo
and put into the dish, butter the top. Add another two sheets, repeat
until you have 8 sheets layered. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of nut
mixture on top of the pastry.
Then start layering,
layer two sheets of filo, butter, nuts until you reach the top of
your dish.
The top layer should
be thicker (8 sheets)
Using a sharp knife,
cut into diamond shapes all the way to the bottom of the dish.
Bake for about 40
minutes until baklava is golden and crisp.
Boil sugar and water
until sugar is dissolved. Add honey and lemon peel. Simmer for 15
minutes then remove from heat and allow to cool. Remove lemon peel.
Remove the baklava from oven and spoon over the
sauce.
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