Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, baklava. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baklava is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Baklava is something which I have loved my whole life.

CUT the baklava after assembly and before cooking, and top with butter to make everything smooth and "pretty". Put the cooled sauce on as soon as you pull the baklava out of the oven. It tastes like the baklava I buy in the Greek stores downtown and a LOT cheaper per piece.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook baklava using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baklava:

1. Make ready 400 gms chopped nuts
2. Make ready 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3. Take 16 ounce package phyllo dough
4. Make ready 1 cup melted butter
5. Take 1 cup white sugar
6. Take 1 cup water
7. Prepare 1/2 cup honey
8. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
9. Get 1 tsp grated lemon zest

Cut a diagonal diamond pattern in the baklava using a very sharp knife. Whereas it is most common to find baklava made entirely with walnuts here in Greece, I prefer a combination with almonds. Many ethnic festivals are held in my city throughout the year. One in May is the Greek Hellenic Festival.

Instructions to make Baklava:

1. Pre heat the oven at 108˚C.
2. Trim filo pastry sheets according to the tray.
3. Grease an aluminum tray with butter and place 2-3 pastry sheets on it.
4. Apply butter over the filo pastry and repeat the process till you complete layering 10 sheets.
5. Sprinkle the walnuts over it and drizzle butter. Place 2-3 more filo pastry sheets over it and brush butter on top and repeat till process till you complete layering another 10 sheet.
6. Sprinkle almonds and repeat the same process with pistachios till all the sheets are used up and the tray is full.
7. Cut into diamonds and bake in a preheated oven at 180 for 25 – 30 minutes.
8. Heat a deep nonstick pan. Add sugar and 1 cup water and the juice of half a lemon.
9. Stir till sugar dissolves and cook till it thickens.
10. Pour the sugar syrup over the baked filo sheet and let it rest for 5 -7 minutes.
11. Serve.

My family enjoys baklava—a traditional walnut strudel. The recipe uses phyllo dough, which is not difficult to work with. Just have your ingredients ready to go and follow the directions on the package. The results are scrumptious and well worth the effort. Garnish baklava with finely chopped nuts or drizzle with melted chocolate.

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