Baklawa

Name: Baklawa
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1 tsp orange blossom water; 300 g/10½ oz/2 cups blanched almonds; 300 g/10½ oz/2 cups shelled unsalted pistachios; 125 g/4½ oz/½ cup unsalted butter; juice of ½ lemon; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 14 sheets of filo/phyllo pastry; 125 g/4½ oz/scant ⅔ cup caster/superfine sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Jewelled Kitchen

By Bethany Kehdy

Published 2013

About

Baklawa refer to a whole host of sweets prepared using filo/phyllo pastry and which come in differing shapes.

Ingredients

125 g/4½ oz/scant ⅔ cup caster/superfine sugar

Dessert
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Put the sugar, 125 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup water and the lemon juice in a heavy-based saucepan