Cream-filled Baklawa Triangles Baklawa bil-Geymer

Name: Cream-filled Baklawa Triangles Baklawa bil-Geymer
Yield: Makes about 20 pieces
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: Ground pistachios; One 16 oz/450 g package fillo dough, thawed; ½ to ¾ cup (4–6 oz/115–175 g) butter, melted (or half butter and half oil); 1 recipe Cream Filling

Preparation info

Makes about
20 pieces

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

The filling for this variety is flavored with rose water or orange blossom water rather than cardamom. It should look immaculately white.

Ingredients

One 16 oz/450 g package fillo dough, thawed
½ to ¾ cup (<

Asia
Iraq
Dessert
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C/gas mark 4.
Lay a single fillo sheet flat, and lightly brush two-thirds of the sheet with butter, lengthwise. Fold the ungreased third over the middle third, and then fold the other third on these two layers. Lightly brush sur