Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, baklava. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Baklava is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Baklava is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have baklava using 20 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baklava:
- Get For dough
- Get 1 Egg
- Take 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Prepare 1 cup milk- water mixture
- Get 4 cup All-purpose flour(maida)
- Make ready 2 +1/2 Tsp Baking powder
- Get 1 pinch Salt
- Prepare 2 cup Butter
- Get 2 Tbsp Corn starch
- Take For Honey Syrup
- Take 1 Cup sugar
- Take 3/4 cup water
- Get 1/2 cup honey
- Make ready 4 cloves
- Prepare 1/4 Tsp Vanilla essence
- Prepare 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- Get For filling
- Get 1 cups Walnuts (crushed)
- Make ready 1 cup Pistachio (crushed)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
Using a sharp knife, cut into diamond or square shapes all the way to the bottom of the dish. Make sauce while baklava is baking: Boil sugar and water until sugar is dissolved. Baked and Packed to Order only Guarantee With a sharp knife, score filo to form diamonds.
Instructions to make Baklava:
- In a large bowl add flour, vegetable oil, egg, salt, baking powder and knead a smooth dough with water and milk mixture. And rest it for 15 minutes.
- Divide dough in 4 portions and make balls of each portion and further divide it into 5 balls.
- Cover with plastic wrap or damp cloth preventing it from drying out.
- Mix cornstarch and flour together in a bowl. - Dust the workplace with cornstarch mix and the roll the ball into circle. And set aside.
- Stack them on each other and dust each layer with cornstarch mix so they don’t stick together.
- Now gently roll all five layers together until they’re paper thin for about 10-12 inches in diameter.
- Directions For Honey Syrup
- In a pan heat water, add sugar, honey, cloves, lemon and mix well.
- Boil on medium heat until sugar is dissolved and stir continuously.
- Remove from heat and let it cool.
- Directions for Baklava
- In a bowl mix walnut, pistachio and cinnamon powder well.
- In a baking pan place 10 dough sheets on one another and butter each sheet well.
- Add a layer of crushed nuts, cover it with five more dough sheet and sprinkle crushed nuts on each sheet.
- Now cut it into diagonal shape before baking. - Bake at 160 degree for 1 hour or until the top gets golden.
- Remove from oven and immediately pour cooled honey syrup evenly over the hot baklava.
- Let it settle for 4 to 6 hours and serve.
Baked and Packed to Order only Guarantee With a sharp knife, score filo to form diamonds. Press a clove into the centre of each diamond. Pour remaining butter over the whole lot. Meanwhile, combine the sugar, water and cinnamon stick in a medium saucepan, and bring to the boil, stirring constantly.
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