Turkish Confectionary in America

Turkish Baklava

Turkish Confectionary in America

Turkish Baklava

Ingredients
1 package phyllo pastry sheets
1 pound butter melted
1 pound pistachio nuts chopped
1 1/2 cups sugar white granulated
1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 c. honey
1 c. water
1 cinnamon stick

Turkish Confectionary in America, Turkish Baklava, Turkish Food Recipe

Directions

Chop nuts and mix with sugar, cinnamon, and cloves.

Now you are going to work with your phyllo dough. Some people are intimidated by the phyllo dough, but it is actually easy to work with. Phyllo dough is very forgiving. If you rip it or it wrinkles, it is no problem. Just keep laying your sheets one on top of the other and butter them and you'll be fine!

Melt your butter in a bowl. I just put my butter in the microwave for a few seconds and use a regular paint brush to put the butter on the phyllo sheets.

Take the phyllo out of the package. It looks like thin sheets of paper. Unroll it and cut phyllo in half so that each sheet fits the bottom of the baking pan. (Now this step is optional. I have gotten phyllo dough that is the correct size.)

Take your "paint brush" and butter your pan. Lay your first piece of phyllo in the pan and butter it with the paint brush. Continue layering Fillo sheets and walnuts until Fillo is complete. Pour any remaining butter over top of the baklava. Be sure to butter each sheet well. It may seem like too much butter and that it will be too greasy, but it's not. The butter actually makes the phyllo super flaky! Now, take a knife and cut diagnally one way in the pan and then the other way to make diamond shapes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake the baklava for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown on top.

Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.

Heat the water, honey, and a cinnamon stick and bring it to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes.

Pour the boiling syrup over the cool baklava and allow to cool completely again.

Hint: After cutting and before baking, sprinkle lightly with water to prevent the pastry from curling.

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