Recipe

Baklava

Walnut baklava from store-bought phyllo: dozens of butter-brushed layers around a cinnamon-walnut filling, cut before baking and drenched — hot pastry, cooled syrup — in lemon syrup.

Preparation
40 minutes
Cooking
50 minutes
Total time
90 minutes
Servings
12
Baklava — finished dish

Nutrition per serving

Calories
549 kcal
Protein
7.5 g
Carbohydrates
55 g
Fat
34.5 g

Ingredients

  • Phyllo sheets400 g
  • Walnuts300 g
  • Butter250 g
  • Ground cinnamon1 žličica
  • Sugar400 g
  • Water (for the syrup)300 ml
  • Lemon (juice)1 kom

Instructions

  1. 1

    Grind the walnuts with the cinnamon until fine but still sandy — stop before they turn to powder.

  2. 2

    Melt the butter gently and skim off the white foam so only clear butter remains.

  3. 3

    Butter a baking tin and layer in half the phyllo sheets one at a time, brushing every single sheet with melted butter.

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