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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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Delicious traditional Greek dessert. The syrup recipe is separate. Ingredients:
2 cups chopped pecans |
1 cup chopped blanched almond |
1 cup chopped pistachios |
1/2 cup sugar |
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon |
1/4 teaspoon allspice |
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves |
18 sheets phyllo dough |
1 cup unsalted butter |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325°F
2. In a large bowl combine nuts, sugar, cinnamon, allspice & cloves.
3. Trim phyllo dough to 15.5 x 10.5
4. Brush a jelly roll pan with butter.
5. Place 1 sheet of dough on the pan. Brush with butter, sprinkle with 1 c nut mixture. Layer and butter 5 more sheets of dough.
6. Sprinkle 1 c nut mixture. layer and butter 2 sheets of dough.
7. Repeat with phyllo and nuts 2 more times.
8. Add 6 more butter & phyllo sheets.
9. Brush on remaining butter. Trim edges.
10. Cut baklava crosswise in 1 strips, then cut diagonally at 2 intervals.
11. Bake 50-60 min until lightly browned.
12. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes. Spoon Baklava syrup over top.
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