Monday, October 3, 2011

Recipe 22/50 : Turkey : Baklava

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Baklava is a rich,sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry with chopped nuts and sweetened syrup. The history of baklava is not well documented, but there is a strong evidence that it is of central Asian Turkic origin. Pistachio baklava is very famous in Turkey. This is one the best desserts I ever had. 
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Ingredients
1 packet filo pastry
1 cup butter melted
For the filling
1 cup unsalted pistachios
1/4 cup sugar
For the syrup
13 oz Honey
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon sugar
Method
Preheat oven to 350F
1. Place the pistachios and sugar into a food processor and process to medium texture.
2. Brush 9"*11" baking tray with butter.
3. Carefully lay one sheet of filo pastry into the pan and brush the inside with butter.
4. Fold in 6 sheets of filo sheet and brush with butter each time you fold the sheet. [ Cut down extra sheet from the edges of the pan]
5. Spread on one half of nut mixture, then place 2 more sheets on top according step 3 & 4.
6. Spread the remianing nuts on the pastry. Layer another 5 sheets of pastry on top according to steps 3 & 4.
7. With a sharp knife, cut the top layer of pastry to mark out the final baklava.
8. Bake  for 20 minutes
9. Prepare the syrup by adding the syrup ingredients into a pan with 1 cup of water. Bring to boil and simmer for 20 minutes to reduce volume.Turn of heat and allow to cool completely.
10. Remove Baklava from the oven,cover with baking foil and bake for 10-15 minutes
11. Remove baklava from the oven, remove the foil and pour on the cold syrup. You may not need tp add all syrup.
Allow to cool, cut down and serve!!!
Sending this recipe to Any One Can Cook by Ayeesha


12 comments:

  1. That's looks so delicious .....nice pics

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  2. Wow.. Lovely baklava! Always wished to try this out. .bookmarked!!
    Thanx dear for solving the query of what is 50/50.. However the effort is remarkable and praise worthy!!Indeed a challenge!!

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  3. oh...I can't agree more with u. They taste so good. I had them recently while on a holiday! I thought they had a Greek connection...:-)such a crunchy sweet dish this is...

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  4. Delicious & delectable baklava :)
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  5. hi saji, i love baklava. am going to lear from this . thanks

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  6. What a beautiful sweet treat.. I love this. There is always a faded history for some of the most famous dishes of the world..Baklava is one of them..:)
    Reva

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  7. I used to finish a whole plate of this, looks too good. Thank you for linking with Any One Can Cook :)

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