Recipe Below 👇
Ingredients
1x box filo pastry (antonio)
3x cups crushed almonds
1x cup crushed walnuts
1x cup crushed pistachios
1x tablespoon cinnamon ground
1x teaspoon cloves ground
1x tablespoon raw sugar
3x cups white sugar
2x cups of water
30x cloves whole
1x cinnamon stick
1x small lemon
1x tablespoon honey
250g melted butter (unsalted)
2x tablespoons water
Syrup Process
To a saucepan add:
3x cups of white sugar
2x cups of water
1x lemon (juice)
1x tablespoon honey
1x cinnamon stick
6x cloves whole
Mix all together and bring to boil, mixing occasionally. Once thickened, set aside to cool down.
Nut Mix Process
To a bowl add and mix:
3x cups crushed almonds
1x cup crushed walnuts
1x cup crushed pistachios
1x tablespoon cinnamon ground
1x teaspoon ground cloves
1x tablespoon raw sugar
Construction
- Butter bottom of pan
- Take 3 sheets of filo and lay in the pan
- Brush with butter
- Take 2 sheets of filo and lay in the pan
- Brush with butter
- Evenly layer 1 cup of the nut mix
- Take 2 sheets of filo and lay it in the pan
- Brush with butter
- Evenly layer 1 cup of the nut mix
- Repeat step 7, 8, 9
- Repeat step 7, 8, 9
- Repeat step 7, 8, 9
- Repeat step 7, 8, 9
- You should have 5 filo sheets left and no nut mixture.
- Take 1 filo sheet, lay it and brush with butter. Repeat this with the remaining 4 sheets.
- Once you’ve placed your last sheet, add 2 tablespoons of water to the remaining butter. This will make the top shine.
- Cut the baklava in 24 pieces and add a clove to each slice (optional)
- Cook in oven at 200° (celsius) for 20 minutes.
- Turn oven down to 100° for the last 40 minutes.
- Remove from oven and straight away pour over the cooled down syrup.
- Bloody beautiful mate!
Kari Paris
Hi what is the x next to the amount ( 3x cups). Also what is raw sugar?
Nikolopaa
Hey Kari! The “x” meant times. EG 3 times cups. Raw sugar as I know it is brown sugar 🙂 Hope this helps!