how to make baklava step by step


Baklava

 Baklava was introduced as a dessert dish in the eighth century BC in northern Mesopotamia, and it was made in the history of the old Ottoman Empire and served with nuts, which are rolls and layers on top of each other, and stuffed inside with pistachios and many different nuts, pistachios are the most popular and famous...

 Baklava is covered in syrup like other sweets, and some add cinnamon, cloves rose water, and cardamom, and are served with regular coffee or Arabic coffee. It is famous and currently sold in Middle Eastern countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, in addition to Turkey and Greece in its own confectionery.


How to make baklava


Ingredients

  •  A third of a cup of cashews.
  •  A third of a cup of pistachios.
  •  A third of a cup of nuts.
  •  Half a cup of ground sugar.
  •  A quarter of a teaspoon of ground cardamom.
  • Half a spoonful of ground cinnamon.
  •  A little spoon of salt.
  •  A cup of unsalted butter.
  •  A package of special baklava paste.


 How to prepare for the baklava recipe

 Mix the nuts in a deep dish and grind them in a soft mixture, preferably with electric food preparations.

 We put the nuts in the oven for ten minutes at a temperature of one hundred and seventy degrees, taking care to ensure that they do not burn.

 We let the nuts cool.

 Crush the nuts, add the sugar, cardamom, cinnamon, and salt and mix well.

 We take a cup of unsalted butter, put it in a saucepan, then in the oven to fry for five minutes, no more.

Grease the central mould with melted butter using the food brush for greasing, and care should be taken to brush all sides of the mould from the inside without exception.

 We layout a piece of dough in the pan, then brush it with butter, one by one.

 We put a layer of nuts.

 We repeat these methods and steps, rolling out the dough and placing the filling five times.

 We cut the baklava into small square pieces or pieces that resemble the shape of diamonds.

 Brush the surface with the toasted butter.

 We bake it in the oven at a temperature of 150 ° C, for 15 minutes, until it becomes crisp and shiny golden.

The syrup is added to it after that to saturate it and take the appropriate sweet taste, then pistachios for decoration and to add delicious taste, then cool.

It can be stored for up to four days in the refrigerator and can be heated later via the regular oven or in the microwave if we like to eat it hot.



 Baklava sticks with nuts and raisins

Baklava sticks with nuts and raisins


 Ingredients

Five hundred grams of baklava paste.


Filling:

  • A quarter of a cup of crushed walnuts.
  • A quarter cup of raisins.
  • Two tablespoons of honey.
  •  Half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
  •  Syrup ready, for decoration.
  •  Half a cup of melted butter, to spread the dough.


 the way to prepare

 Preheat the oven to a temperature of one hundred and eighty degrees Celsius.

In a bowl, combine the almonds, raisins, cinnamon and honey.

 We put a little nut filling on a piece of dough.

 Roll the dough into a finger shape with the ends folded inward and repeat the process until the quantity is complete.

Arrange the baklava fingers on a greased tray, then rub the face with butter.

 Put the baking sheet in the oven until it turns golden.

We take the tray out of the oven, put our fingers on the serving plate and immediately boil it with cold drops.

 Garnish with walnut pieces and serve cold.


Syrup Instruction


 Ingredients

  •  A cup of sugar.
  • Half a cup of water.
  • A teaspoon of lemon juice.
  • a large spoon of flower water.


 How to prepare the syrup

 Mix a quantity of sugar with water and lemon juice until well boiled, then reduce the heat, let the mixture simmer for ten minutes, then let it cool, and it can be stored. for long periods, to be used with other dessert dishes, and add a sweet taste to it.