Arabian Baklava

Description

Arabian Baklava

Great tasty Arabic baklava.

Ingredients

• 4 cups finely chopped walnuts and pistachios
• 2 cups butter or Crisco or ghee
• 1 cup sugar
• 18 sheets of phyllo dough

Sugar syrup

• 2½ cups sugar
• 1½ cups water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

Sugar syrup

1. In a pan put the water and sugar and heat until boiling.
2. Add the lemon and leave in for another 15 minutes until the syrup starts to thicken
3. Set aside to cool.

Baklava

1. Preheat oven to 325 °F.
2. Brush the surface of the baking tray ( square or rectangular shape 24 x40 cm) with oil.
3. Melt the butter or the ghee.
4. Put on layer of dough in the baking tray and brush it with the butter; repeat 6 times.
5. On the side mix the walnuts and pistachios with the sugar
6. Spread the walnut mix evenly on top of the dough.
7. Put another layer of dough on top of the nuts and brush it with butter.
8. Repeat 12 times.
9. Wet your fingers with water and gently wipe the last dough.
10. Brush the last dough with butter generously.
11. Cut the baklava into small squares.
12. Put the baklava in the oven.
13. Bake at 325 °F for about half an hour then at 450 °F for the last 5-10 minutes until it turns golden and crunchy.
14. Take the baklava out of the oven and immediately pour the cooled sugar syrup on it.
15. Serve at room temperature.

Videos

How to Make the Arabian Baklava