Baklava
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Posted by:jrt
This recipe was made by the Jews of Greece. Baklava is normally made with lot's of butter, but Jews have numerous recipes for it without butter - typically oil is used instead. It can be tricky to successfully roll the phyllo dough but the result is well worth it.
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Ingredients
1 lb. phyllo dough
For the mixture:
3 cups walnuts, finely ground
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tbs. cinnamon
1/4 tbs. ground cloves
1/2 cup oil
For the syrup
1 1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 cups honey
Directions
- Mix the walnuts, sugar, cinnamon and cloves together in a bowl.
- Lay out the phyllo dough. When not using, cover with slightly damp towel)
- Lay out 3 sheets of phyllo on a clean dry surface and brushing each sheet gently oil. Cover the remaining phyllo with a slightly damp towel until ready to use.
- Add a layer of the walnut mixture.
- Place two more sheets of phyllo, again brushing gently with oil over the walnut mixture, and add another layer of walnut mixture.
- Very gently, roll the phyllo loosely into a log, making sure that mixture is completely enclosed.
- Brush the seam with oil so it will stick together.
- Cut in 1 1/2 inch sections diagonally and bake at 375 degrees (F) for 15 minutes.
- Prepare the syrup: boil water, honey and sugar in a heavy sauce pan until it becomes sticky (210 degrees (F) with a candy thermometer).
- Drizzle syrup onto baklava, letting syrup soak into baklava.
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