Go Back
chef ali

Baklava Recipe - How to Make Baklava from Scratch

The first time I heard the delicate crunch of baklava coming out of the oven, I knew I was about to discover something truly special. There’s an incredible joy in layering crisp, buttery phyllo sheets with a fragrant mix of nuts and warming spices, all drenched in honey so sweet it lingers on your tongue.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 16 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: morooco, turkia
Calories: 470
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2  ½ cups walnut halves
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup shelled pistachios
  • 12 sheets phyllo dough, thawed if frozen
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 3/4 cup water
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ teaspoons orange flower water
  • 3 whole cloves

Method
 

  1. Place walnuts, pistachios, and cinnamon in bowl of a food processor. Pulse on and off until mixture is chopped but not too fine
  2. Brush bottom of 9-inch round baking pan with melted butter. Place one round of phyllo dough in the pan; add a second round of dough. Drip about 1 tablespoon of melted butter over the top. Add 2 more sheets and drizzle with butter. Add 2 more sheets and drip with butter creating 6 layers for the bottom. (While you work keep the phyllo sheets covered with a damp, nearly dry, cotton towel to keep dough from drying out.)
  3. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the nut mixture. Top with a sheet of phyllo and drip with melted butter; repeat with 1 more sheet of filo. Add another 1/3 of the nut mixture.
  4. Place another sheet of phyllo on the nuts; drip with butter. Top with another sheet and drip with butter. Add the remaining nut mixture
  5. Top with 2 sheets of phyllo; drip with butter. Add 2 more sheets; drip with butter. Top with the last 2 sheets and drizzle generously with the remaining butter. Cover pan with plastic and refrigerate until completely chilled, about 1 hour.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  7. Cut baklava into about 12 diamond-shaped pieces approximately the same size.
  8. Bake in preheated oven until browned and crisp, about an hour.
  9. Place sugar, honey, and cloves in a saucepan. Pour in water. Place pan over medium-high heat and whisk to combine. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Whisk in vanilla and orange blossom water.
  10. After baklava has rested 5 minutes, ladle syrup over the top. Cool down to room temperature before serving.

Notes

Optional: Garnish with chopped pistachios before serving.
Enjoy
Leave us a comment