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- From: wilson@glitch.cs.jhu.edu (Dwight Wilson)
- Subject: Baklava
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- Date: 3 Feb 1994 00:38:40 -0500
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- Here's my mother's recipe of Baklava. It's rather different than
- what you normally see in that it's rolled up rather than flat, you
- might want to call it "Baklava fingers". Actually this makes it serving
- and eating more convenient and less messy. Not the stuff that lo-cal
- diets are made of. :-)
-
- -Dwight
-
-
- Ingredients:
-
- 1 pkg fillo dough
- some unsalted butter
-
- Nut mixture:
- about 1/2 pound chopped walnuts
- about 1/4 pound chopped almonds
- (You may vary the proportion of nuts, or try using other nuts.
- If you can find raw, unsalted pistachios they're great (IMHO). I've
- also tried pecans but wasn't thrilled with the results).
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- sprinkle of nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tsp orange blossom water (you may substitute vanilla extract)
-
- Syrup Ingredients: Instead of making the syrup described below you
- can use corn syrup.
- 3 cups sugar
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 tsp orange blossom water (or vanilla extract)
-
- First the syrup.
-
- Dissolve 3 cups sugar in 1.5 cups water.
- Bring to a medium boil for 10 minutes.
- Squeeze 1/2 lemon into it and boil for another minute or two.
- At this point it should be a little thick, not as thick as corn
- syrup but not like water.
- Add 1 teaspoon of blossom water and let cool.
-
- OK, now the fun stuff.
-
- Mix nuts and spices together. I've found you need slightly more
- than 1/2 pound of walnuts and 1/4 pound of almonds for one package
- of fillo dough.
-
- Melt some unsalted butter and let seperate over low heat.
-
- Preheat oven 350 degrees.
-
- Spread the fillo dough and cut it into nine (three by three) equal
- sections.
-
- Stack three layers of fillo dough, brushing the bottom
- two layers with butter.
-
- Place 1 tsp of nuts at one end and roll tightly.
-
- Repeat until you've used up all the fillo dough.
-
- Place the rolled up pieces in a buttered baking pan, leave no
- space between pieces. Brush the top with butter.
-
- Bake for 15 minutes at 350. Lower to 300 and bake until lightly
- golden (lift one of the pieces and check the bottom). This
- should take between 15 and 30 minutes.
-
- Remove from the oven and pour the syrup on it immediately. Let it
- sit for about an hour to absorb the syrub. After the first few
- minutes you might want to tilt the tray back and forth a couple
- times to make sure the syrup spreads around.
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