Honey Walnut Baklava.

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

I am having a chip of a Turkish nutrient minute these days.
Starting alongside mayhap the most iconic Turkish sweet, baklava.
But don't worry, I'm also loving savoury Turkish food. Today equally I type, I receive got a batch of gozleme dough ascent inwards the kitchen laid upwards to thinly whorl as well as fill upwards alongside greens as well as cheese. If they plow out well, I volition portion them alongside you. Which other Turkish dishes should I endeavour next?

Let's plow our attending dorsum to this glorious tray of baklava though. Today, I'm showing you lot how to build a dear walnut version. Simply because walnut baklava is my favourite. You could sub them alongside pistachios, almonds, or cashews if you lot prefer. Or practise a mixture of them all.

I operate on my nut mixture actually simple. Walnuts are pulsed until finely chopped inwards a nutrient processor before existence flavoured alongside cinnamon. You could add together carbohydrate to them simply I establish that the dear syrup which is poured over the baked pastries is sweetness enough.
The start time I made baklava, I left the dear out of the syrup. Immediately, I missed its flavor as well as thus this time, I receive got made it i of the main ingredients inwards the pasty syrup. The pastry that holds the nuts as well as syrup together is filo. I used a ready-made pastry that I made certain to defrost properly. However, I even thus fully believe that the best baklava is made alongside homemade filo. Whether I'll e'er receive got the patience or fourth dimension for that, is some other matter entirely. Happy baklava making to you!

A Simple List of Ingredients:

For the Syrup:

1. Caster Sugar

2. Honey

3. Lemon Juice

4. Water

For the Baklava:

1. Filo Pastry

2. Butter

3. Walnuts

4. Ground Cinnamon

Bismillah, let's begin!

The most of import subdivision inwards the baklava is in all probability the filo pastry. You tin build your ain or build your life easier as well as purchase it. I used a mixture of Asda own-brand filo as well as the Jus-Rol version. I highly recommend the Jus-Rol equally it is ameliorate quality.


You'll demand a total of 40 Filo Pastry Sheets. Defrost them good if they receive got been inwards the freezer. See the total written recipe at the bottom of the post for to a greater extent than details.
Each pastry canvass needs to travel the same size equally the tin you're using. I used this 9x13 inch (22x33cm) rectangle baking tin which I greased well. My filo sheets were much bigger than the tin thus I trimmed them to fit. Also, at this signal larn the oven onto Gas Mark three or 160C.

Before we assemble the baklava, let's apace build the dear syrup. We volition pour it over the baklava i time it's baked simply it needs fourth dimension to cool which is why we're making it now.

Into a deep saucepan, mensurate out:

220g Caster Sugar

150ml Honey

1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

155ml Water

Stir as well as identify over a medium-high heat. Cook until the carbohydrate has dissolved as well as the mixture feels light. Stir every right away as well as then.

Then, turn the rut downwards to medium-low as well as boil gently for 4 minutes without stirring.

Remove from the rut as well as laid aside to cool whilst you lot get together the baklava.

Next, let's prep the nuts. I love walnut baklava thus that's what I used. Feel gratuitous to sub them for the same amount of pistachios, almonds or cashew nuts. Or fifty-fifty a mix of dissimilar nuts. I used 455g Walnuts. If you lot don't desire equally good many nuts inwards the baklava, bring down this amount past times 1/4 or fifty-fifty 1/2. As i of you lot told me, less nuts effect inwards a lighter baklava for a to a greater extent than authentic Turkish taste.

Using a food processor, pulse the nuts until they are finely chopped. You could receive got them further to an almost pulverisation if you lot prefer simply this texture was ok for me.

I flavoured my walnuts alongside terra firma cinnamon. You could also add together other spices similar terra firma ginger, terra firma cloves, terra firma cardamom, etc. Or exit the nuts plain!

Add 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon to the chopped nuts as well as plow over them a stir.

Time to the melt the butter! Each layer of filo pastry is brushed alongside butter as well as alongside forty sheets of filo, it's a lot of butter. It is what makes the baklava so crispy as well as golden inwards the end.

In a saucepan, melt 280g Butter. You tin role salted or unsalted.

Time to start assembling the baklava. The main principle is to identify a canvass of filo pastry into the tin as well as brush it alongside the melted butter. Place the adjacent canvass on overstep as well as brush. Continue according to the recipe.

Remember, the filo pastry sheets should travel cutting to the size of your tin. I used 2 brands of filo as well as both were different sizes. The Asda ones were smaller than my tin as well as equally you lot tin encounter above, I had to acre them upwards alongside extra pieces. The Jus-Rol ones were equally good large for my tin as well as I had to spell them to fit.

For the start layer, lay 10 filo sheets inwards the tin, i at a fourth dimension brushing each i alongside the melted butter equally you lot go.

Then, sprinkle over about 100g of the walnut mixture. I used well-nigh 3/4 loving cup using a measuring cup.

Then top with 5 filo sheets, brushing each i alongside melted butter.

Add some other layer of nuts - well-nigh 100g again.

Repeat this iv to a greater extent than times before finishing alongside a terminal 10 layers of filo sheets. Brush the overstep alongside melted butter equally well.

Here is the total order, from the start:

10 buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts

5 buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts

5 buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts

5 buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts

5 buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts

10 buttered filo sheets + brush the overstep alongside butter

Using a sharp knife, cutting the baklava into pieces. I went alongside diamonds. Make certain the knife goes all the agency downwards to the bottom of the tin.

Bake the baklava for 1 hr as well as xv minutes at Gas Mark three or 160C until the baklava is a deep golden colour.

Once the baklava is out of the oven, pour over the syrup that nosotros made earlier.

Let the baklava cool completely. I left mine uncovered at room temperature, overnight.

Once the baklava is completely cool, the syrup volition receive got all soaked into the pastry leaving it actually sweetness as well as juicy.

Time to larn it out of the tin!

The baklava volition operate on for a few days. I discovery it gets ameliorate inwards flavor equally it sits.

Serve the baklava equally it is or drizzled alongside chocolate or sprinkled alongside chopped nuts. It's lovely on its ain simply tin also be eaten alongside thick cream or yoghurt to attention cut through the sweetness. For me, a unproblematic java is perfect alongside it. Enjoy!

Honey Walnut Baklava.

sticky, sweetness layers of crispy filo pastry as well as cinnamon walnuts.

Prep Time: About 1 hr as well as xv minutes.

Bake Time: About 1 hr as well as xv minutes.

Serves: Makes well-nigh 25 large pieces of baklava.

Ingredients

For the Syrup

220g Caster Sugar

150ml Honey

1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

155ml Water

For the Baklava

forty sheets Filo Pastry, defrosted if frozen (see the recipe below)

280g Butter, melted

455g Walnuts (can travel reduced past times 1/2 or 1/4 for a lighter baklava)

1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

Defrost the filo:
You'll demand a total of forty sheets that are cutting to jibe the tin. I used a 9x13 inch (22x33cm) rectangle tin. I used a mixture of Asda's ain build filo as well as Jus Rol filo sheets. The Jus Rol is much ameliorate character as well as I would reccomend that you lot role it. The sheets are larger than the tin thus I cutting them to fit. Each box contains vii sheets of filo as well as thus you lot would demand 6 boxes. BUT, before you lot become out as well as purchase 6 boxes, cry back that you lot tin role the off-cuts of the filo sheets too. Just acre them together to build i sheet. So, all inwards all I would tell 4 boxes of Jus Rol volition do. If you lot destination upwards non having enough, leaving out a layer or 2 of pastry won't ruin the baklava.

Make the syrup:
In a deep saucepan, rut together the sugar, honey, lemon juice, as well as water. Let it come upwards to a boil over a medium-high heat. Stir good until the carbohydrate has dissolved as well as the mixture feels light. Then, plow the rut downwards to medium-low as well as boil gently for 4 minutes without stirring. Remove from the rut as well as allow the syrup cool downwards whilst you lot larn on alongside assembling the baklava.

Before baking:
Pre-heat the oven to Gas Mark three or 160C. Grease a 9x13 inch (22x33cm) rectangle baking tin or dish.

Prepare the baklava filling:
Pulse the walnuts inwards a nutrient processor until finely chopped. Put into a mixing bowl as well as stir inwards the terra firma cinnamon. Cut the filo sheets to jibe your tin. Keep the sheets covered alongside a damp tea towel at all times.

Assemble the baklava:
Put 10 filo sheets inwards the tin, i at time, brushing each i alongside the melted butter equally you lot go. Sprinkle over well-nigh 100g of the walnut mixture - this is well-nigh 3/4 criterion cup.
Top alongside v to a greater extent than filo sheets, brushing each i alongside melted butter. Then, add together some other layer of the nuts - well-nigh 100g again. Repeat iv to a greater extent than times.
Finish alongside a terminal layer of 10 filo sheets, each i brushed alongside melted butter. Brush the overstep alongside butter.

The baklava guild again:
10 buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts
v buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts
v buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts
v buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts
v buttered filo sheets + well-nigh 100g walnuts
10 buttered filo sheets + brush the overstep alongside butter

Cut as well as bake:
Using a sudden knife, cutting the baklava into pieces. Make certain the knife goes all the agency downwards to the bottom of the tin. I cutting mine into iv long strips as well as and thus cutting them into diamond shapes. See the photos for more!
Bake the baklava for 1 hr as well as xv minutes at Gas Mark three or 160C until the baklava is a deep golden brownish color as well as crispy.

Time for the syrup:
Pour the syrup all over the hot baklava. Let the baklava cool completely. I left mine uncovered at room temperature overnight. This allows fourth dimension for the syrup to soak inwards properly.

Serve:
I served my baklava equally it was. But you lot may drizzle each spell alongside melted chocolate or sprinkle over to a greater extent than chopped nuts.

Recipe Notes

• If you're non a walnut fan, experience gratuitous to sub them for pistachios, almonds, or cashew nuts. Or you lot tin fifty-fifty role a mixture of them all.
• If you lot don't desire equally good many nuts inwards the baklava, bring down the amount past times 1/4 or fifty-fifty 1/2.

Keep me inwards your duas please, as well as bask your baklava!

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!