Traditional Layered Baklawa, Cut into Diamonds

Name: Traditional Layered Baklawa, Cut into Diamonds
Yield: Makes about 25 pieces
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: ½ to ¾ cup (6 oz/175 g) melted butter (or half butter and half oil); Half recipe of Medium Syrup, flavored with orange blossom water, and cooled; One 16 oz/450 g package fillo dough, thawed according to package directions; Ground pistachios, optional

Preparation info

Makes about
25 pieces

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

The most commonly known shape of baklawa. Indeed, some people think that this is the only form that baklawa comes in. In Iraq, the rhombus is called baklawa after the way this baklawa is cut (more details in ‘The Rhombus Allure,’).

Ingredients

One 16 oz/450 g package fillo dough, thawed according to package directions
½ to ¾

Asia
Iraq
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C/gas mark 4.
Brush with melted butter a pan half the size of the fillo dough sheets or the nearest in size. I use a 12x9in (30.520x23cm) pan. Because this baklawa goes fast, you might not need to cover the fillo sheets,