Baklava Platter Recipe
Assorted pastries with nuts & honey
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Ingredients
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Nut Filling
Baklava Assembly
Honey Syrup
Method
Nut Filling
- 1
Prepare nut mixture
In a mixing bowl, combine the chopped walnuts, pistachios, sugar, and ground cinnamon. Stir until evenly mixed. Set aside.
Baklava Assembly
- 2
- 3
Layer phyllo and nuts
Place one sheet of phyllo in the baking dish and brush with melted butter. Repeat this process to create a base of 8 sheets. Spread 1/3 of the nut mixture evenly over the phyllo. Add 5 more layers of phyllo, buttering each layer, then spread another 1/3 of the nuts. Repeat with another 5 phyllo layers and the remaining nut mixture. Finish with 8 more layers of buttered phyllo on top.
- 4
Cut and bake
Using a sharp knife, cut the assembled baklava into diamond or square shapes. Bake in the preheated oven for 45–50 minutes, or until golden brown and crisp.
Honey Syrup
- 5
- 6
Add syrup to baklava
When baklava is finished baking, immediately pour the warm syrup evenly over the hot pastry. Let the baklava absorb the syrup and cool completely at room temperature for at least 4 hours, or overnight, before serving.
