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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: jills@vnet.IBM.COM
- Subject: Baklava
- Message-ID: <FR2ZSWM@taronga.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 94 20:30:51 EST
- Approved: recipes@taronga.com
-
- I have just adapted this recipe from the _Hamlyn All Colour
- Cakes and Baking_ book. The book is from England, and calls
- for a 6 1/2" pan, which I rounded up to 8". I haven't
- tried it yet (not until tonight), but it looks easy and good.
-
- This recipe makes 8 baklava triangles.
-
- 3 oz. blanched almonds, finely chopped
- 3 oz. walnuts, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. allspice
- 1/4 pint clear honey
- 1 pkg. Fillo dough
- 3/4 oz. butter, melted
- juice of 1/2 lemon
-
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
-
- Mix the almonds and walnuts with cinnamon, allspice and
- 2 fluid oz. of the honey.
-
- Line an 8" square pan with foil.
- Cut 4 layers of the dough to fit in the 8" square pan.
- Place one layer of dough in the pan and brush with
- a little butter.
- Cover with another layer of dough, then spread with the
- nut filling.
- Cover with the 3rd layer of dough and brush it with butter.
- Cover with the 4th layer of dough and brush it with butter,
- then cut through the top two layers
- to mark out four squares.
- Cut each in half again to make triangles.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
-
- Meanwhile mix the lemon juice with the remaining honey,
- adding enough water to make the mixture 1/4 pint.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Spoon over the hot baklava while it's still in the pan and
- leave to soak for 2 hours before removing from the pan
- to cut and serve.
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