Sweet delicacy from the southeast on the basis of the finest layers of dough and nut filling, impregnated with sugar syrup, has long gained popularity in all corners of the world. Thanks to the latter, traditional baklava recipes became simpler and became available for cooking for almost every housewife. On how to cook baklava at home read on.
How to cook honey baklava at home?
Ingredients:
For baklava:
- pistachios, hazelnuts, walnuts - 180 g;
- granulated sugar - 45 g;
- Ground cinnamon - 2 tsp.
- pinch of ground cloves;
- dough filo - 450 g;
- butter - 230 g.
For filling:
- sugar - 145 g;
- water 240 ml;
- honey - 240 ml;
- cloves - 5 buds;
- juice of 1 lemon.
Preparation
Blender the first four ingredients of baklava together. Spread a third of the filo test on a baking tray and cover with oil, top half of the nut filling, then - another layer of phyllo, a layer of butter, again nuts and finish all the remains of the dough. Lubricate the top of the baklava with the remaining oil and cut into diamonds. Put the dessert in a preheated 180 degree oven for an hour and a half.
In the saucepan, combine all the ingredients necessary for the sugar syrup. Cook the syrup on medium heat for at least 25 minutes, and after removing, remove the carnation buds and pour them the finished baklava.
How to cook Turkish baklava at home?
Ingredients:
- dough filo - 12 sheets;
- butter - 165 g;
- walnuts - 115 g;
- sugar - 320 g;
- water 480 ml.
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Divide the dough into 4 sheets, oil and sprinkle with nuts. Fill the filo into a tube, distribute rolls on a baking tray and cover with oil residues. Bake baklava half an hour. Cook the sugar with water for 15 minutes and pour the dessert with the prepared syrup.
How to cook baklava from puff pastry?
If you do not know how to make dough for baklava, then there is no need to bother with all this variety of recipes, buy a pack of ready-made puff pastry and use it as the basis of dessert.
Ingredients:
- puff pastry - 1 pack;
- Butter - 115 ml;
- walnuts - 115 g;
- Ground cinnamon - 2 tsp.
- granulated sugar - 315 g;
- water 240 ml;
- honey - 120 ml;
- lemon juice - 15 ml.
Preparation
Defrost the dough, thinly roll one of the sheets and cover them with a baking sheet. Lubricate the layer with half of the butter. Set the oven to reach 180 degrees, and chop the nuts and a half cup of sugar and cinnamon. Distribute the filling over the dough, cover the remaining layer of dough over and cut the surface on the diamonds. Place the treat in the oven for half an hour, and then pour the dessert with the syrup cooked from the remaining sugar, water, honey and lemon juice.