baklava (honey nut pastry)
(2 ratings)
This recipe came to me from a good friend who has a church cookbook from the 1960's titled "Our Collection of Secret Greek Recipes". The church ladies left out a lot of basic directions, assuming you already knew, and I have changed a thing or two to compensate. Enjoy! Opa!
(2 ratings)
cook time
2 Hr
Ingredients For baklava (honey nut pastry)
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1 1/2 lbfilo dough
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1 1/2 lbbutter
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1 tspcinnamon
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1 lbpecans, chopped
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1 lbwalnuts chopped
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1/2 tspcloves-ground
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8 csugar
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2 choney
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1 stickcinnamon -small
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juice from half of a lemon
How To Make baklava (honey nut pastry)
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1Combine chopped nuts and spices.
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2Grease 10x15 inch pan and line with 5 layers of Filo. NOTE: Filo/Phyllo sheets may be found in your grocer's freezer. Follow the directions on the box for handling the dough and be sure to keep the Filo from drying out.
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3Sprinkle with nut mixture and cover with another Filo Sheet. Repeat this step until nut mixture is all used.
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4Top with another 5 layers of Filo.
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5Melt butter and pour over all.
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6Cut diagonally into diamond shaped pieces of desired serving size. You may want to place a clove bud in the center of each piece.
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7Bake 2 hours at 250 degrees.
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8Remove from oven and cover with syrup.
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9To make the syrup boil water, sugar and honey to a thick syrup consistancy. Add the small cinnamon stick, remove from heat and add the juice of 1/2 lemon.
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