Ingredients:
500 grams of filo pastry
300 grams of unsalted butter (melted)
2 cups chopped valnuts or pistachio nuts
- Preheat the owen to 180 deg. celsius and grease a 25 x 30 cm baking dish.
- Brush dish with melted butter.
- Place one sheet of filo pastry in a bottom of dish and brush with melted butter.
- Place another sheet of pastry and brush the top with melted butter.
- Continue this until you use half of the filo pastry.
- Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
- Place the remained layers of filo pastry, brushing each one with melted butter.
- Brush the top with melted butter and cut into diamond shapes.
- Bake until golden.
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Baklava is one of the oldest known Turkish flaky pastry desserts.
Its popularity goes back to the 15th century.
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Syrup:
500 grams of sugar
1/2 litre of water
Juice of 1/2 lemon
- To make the syrup, place the ingredients in a saucepan and boil on medium heat stirring constantly.
- Let simmer for 15 minutes
- Pour hot syrup over cooled baklava.
- Allow to cool and absorb syrup before serving.
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