Making Simple Baklava

Name: Making Simple Baklava
Ingredients: Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Layer six sheets of filo pastry in a shallow dish, brushing each layer with melted butter or oil.; Sprinkle chopped nuts on top of the pastry, to a depth of 1 cm/½ in. Sprinkle generously with sugar and cinnamon. Top with six more layers of buttered or oiled filo, then, using a sharp knife, cut the top layer of pastry into triangles.; Bake the baklava for 30 minutes until golden. Remove from the oven and pour over hattar, or a light syrup flavoured with orange flower water or rose water.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

The secret to perfect baklava is to pour very cold syrup over a hot pastry, or very hot syrup over a cold pastry.

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Layer six sheets of filo pastry in a shallow dish, brushing each layer with melted butter or oil