Turkish Baklava
Turkish baklava is a sweet and rich pastry made of layers of filo dough, filled with chopped nuts, sweetened with syrup or honey, and typically cut into diamond-shaped pieces.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Finely Chopped Pistachio unsalted and de-shelled
- 1 lb Phyllo Dough Sheets Defrosted
- 8 tbsp Melted Ghee Alternative is butter
For the syrup
- Half of a lemon's juice
- 2 & 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 & 1/2 cup Water
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F
- In a 9x13 baking dish, add one or two layers of phyllo dough and spread melted ghee on top of each layer. Repeat until you get to 10 layers of phyllo dough.
- Add 1 & 1/2 cup of pistachios on top of the 10th sheet of phyllo dough. Leave a 1/2 cup of pistachios for garnish.
- Now repeat step 1. Add one to two layers of phyllo dough and spread melted ghee on top of each layer. Repeat for 10 layers of phyllo dough. Make sure the last layer is coated well with butter.
- Use a knife to cut squares through the baklava, Transfer baklava to the oven for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
For the syrup
- While the baklava is baking, add sugar, water and lemon juice into a saucepan on medium-low for 20mins. Turkish syrup tends to be less viscous so the syrup will be quite thin.
- Take baklava out of the oven and immediately pour the hot sugar syrup on top of the baklava. There should be a sizzle and bubble.
- Sprinkle remainder of pistachios on each baklava square.