Nut-Honey Baklava
Nut-Honey Baklava is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the filo dough category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 250 g Yufka pastry sheets (Turkish specialty store)
- 100 g walnut kernels
- 50 g almond kernels
- 50 g pistachio kernels
- 1 Egg white
- 2 tbsp honey
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp rose water
- 50 g liquid butter
- 125 g sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
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1.
Gently separate the pastry sheets, cut to desired size and cover with a damp cloth. Finely grind walnuts and almonds in a hand mill; add pistachios but leave slightly coarser.
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2.
Preheat oven to 200°C fan (convection).
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3.
Whisk egg white until stiff peaks form; fold in honey, nuts, cinnamon, and rose water. Brush baking dish with butter, then layer alternating pastry sheets and nut mixture, brushing each sheet with butter. Finish with 2-3 pastry sheets on top.
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4.
Bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, combine sugar with 125 ml water in a saucepan, bring to boil, simmer for 1 minute, remove from heat, let cool slightly, then stir in lemon juice.
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5.
Remove finished baklava from oven and while still hot, drizzle syrup over it gradually. Let cool. Transfer to plate, cut into diamond shapes before serving.
