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Fabulous Greek dessert pastry. Many layers of thin filo dough, ground walnuts and cinnamon with a sweet syrup with hints of cinnamon and citrus

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Raciónes: 20
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Ingredientes

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  • PASTRY
  • 1 # butter
  • 1 pound pastry sheets (filo) (find these in frozen food section of your supermarket - I usually use Athenos brand) Happily, these just fit a 9x13 baking dish.
  • 4 cups ground walnuts (may use a mixture of walnuts, almonds, pistachios and/or pecans)
  • 1/2 tbs ground cinnamon
  • 1/3 C granulated sugar
  • SYRUP
  • 4 C granulated sugar
  • 2 C water
  • 2 or 3 sticks cinnamon
  • peel of one orange
  • peel of one lemon

Direcciones

  1. PASTRY
  2. Grind nuts with ground cinnamon and 1/3 C sugar. Melt butter. Brush 9x13 baking dish with melted butter and place one pastry sheet in dish. Brush with melted butter, and repeat this process, sheet by sheet until there are 8 sheets. Sprinkle ground nuts on top of the 8th sheet. Put on the 9th sheet, brush with melted butter and sprinkle more nuts. Repeat this process, layer by layer until you run out of nuts. Then put on 8 more sheets, one by one, brushing melted butter on each. Cut into rectangles (I make 20 rectangles each 2-1/4 x 2-3/5). Stick a clove in the middle of each rectangle. Bake for 1 hour at 300 degrees.
  3. SYRUP
  4. When you put the dish in the oven, put the syrup ingredients in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil, stirring some. Let boil for 2 or 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Let cool. Remove the cinnamon sticks and the peels.
  5. When you remove the dish from the oven, pour the cooled sauce over the hot pastry (one must be hot, the other cool).

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Nutrition Facts

Amount Per Serving %DV
Serving Size 80g
Recipe makes 20 servings
Calories 239  
Calories from Fat 54 23%
Total Fat 6.38g 8%
Saturated Fat 1.3g 5%
Trans Fat 0.0g  
Cholesterol 6mg 2%
Sodium 22mg 1%
Potassium 39mg 1%
Total Carbs 46.48g 12%
Dietary Fiber 0.6g 2%
Sugars 44.41g 30%
Protein 1.44g 2%
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  • John Spottiswood
    My dad is an amazing cook, and this is one of his signature desserts. I've been to many Greek and Turkish restaurants and festivals, and to me this Baklava is unrivaled. I only eat about a quarter of the piece shown here, but it is a heavenly few bites! It's great by itself, or with a little vanilla ice cream.
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    • Nancy Miyasaki
      Dave made this for us Sunday night and it was amazing. Incredibly rich and flavorful. A perfect way to end a dinner gathering!
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      • Anita
        The recipe is very good
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        • Marianne Richards Castiglia
          I am not much of a desert eater but I really like Baklava. In fact my Dad loved it so much he always said he wanted to DIE of Baklava poisoning. I really should try making this in honor of him. It doesn't look as hard as I thought it would be.
          • Donna Ludlow
            love this SSSSSOOOOOO Much
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            Comentarios

            • judee
              17 de Junio de 2011
              We love baklava. Its great to have a good recipe. Will keep it if I ever decide to try making it.
              • Lorenda Beumont
                16 de Junio de 2011
                Hi John

                I am definitely going to try out this recipe! I like that one uses a sugar syrup instead of honey.
                Will let you have my feedback.

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