Baklava, a popular Middle Eastern & Mediterranean pastry dessert…
It’s basically layered phyllo dough smeared with butter, topped with chopped nuts & soaked in sugar syrup. With store-bought phyllo dough, making baklava is super easy. It’s a heavenly decadent flaky & crispy dessert.
I made the baklava in an 8-inch square pan, this yielded 12 pieces. For making more, layer the phyllo dough in a large pan, follow the same assembling steps.
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Super Easy Baklava Recipe | Phyllo Pastry Dessert | With Sugar Honey Syrup
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Serves: Makes 12
Ingredients
- Phyllo dough- 16 sheets, 8-inch square shapes
- Melted butter- 1 cup
- Chopped Pistachios- ½ cup
- Chopped pecans- ¼ cup
For making sugar syrup
- Sugar- ¾ cup
- Water- 1 cup
- Orange blossom water- 1 tsp
- Honey- ¼ cup
- Lemon juice- 2 tbsp
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F or 175 C.
- For making 12 baklavas: I've layered phyllo sheets in an 8-inch square pan.
- For making 24 baklavas, use a large pan.
- Melt the butter in a microwave or taken in a saucepan over the stovetop.
- Grease the pan bottom & sides with melted butter.
- Cut the phyllo sheets based on the size of the pan you are using. It should fit in the pan.
- Layer 2 phyllo sheets, smear with melted butter.
- I didn't spread butter on each sheet, placed 2 sheets & smeared with butter.
- Repeat 3 more times- there should be a total of 8 layers of phyllo sheets.
- Spread 3 tbsp crushed pistachios & ¼ cup pecans.
- Again layer with 2 phyllo sheets, smear with melted butter.
- Repeat 3 more times.
- In total there will be 16 phyllo sheets.
- On the topmost phyllo sheet smear with butter.
- Using a sharp knife, cut into square or diamond shapes.
- Place the pan on the middle rack in the preheated oven.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
- In the meantime, let's make the sugar honey syrup.
- Place a saucepan over medium heat.
- Add sugar & water, let sugar dissolve completely.
- Add orange blossom water. Do not add more than 1 tsp, it will be overpowering.
- Lower the heat, add honey.
- Let simmer for 20 minutes till the syrup has thickened.
- Remove the pan from the heat, let cool down for 5 minutes.
- Add lemon juice, combine well. Let cool down.
- After 40 minutes of baking, take the pan out of the oven.
- Immediately pour the sugar-honey syrup on the hot baklavas.
- Let cool down for 2 to 3 hours.
- Place the baklavas on a dessert plate.
- Garnish with pistachios & serve.
- Enjoy this heavenly dessert. YUM!
