Baklava

Name: Baklava
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 hr 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 【 For Nuts 】; 2 cup Hazelnuts; 2 cup Almonds; ½ cup Muscavado sugar; 1 tsp Cinnamon; 1 whole Freshly ground nutmeg; 【 For Bake 】; 1 pack Filo dough; ½ cup Melted butter; 【 Syrup 】; 1 cup Honey; 2 cup Sugar; 1 ea. Cinnamon stick; 3 ea. Green cardamom; 1 ea. Orange peel and juice

Chef Rigo Salas

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Known as one of the middle easts grandest sweets. This easy recipe will show you it doesn’t have to be a tedious process at all. The fragrant syrup and spicy nuts captured between the micro-layers of golden pastry will enhance your senses. A traditional never old special occasion sweet, A family pleaser.

Recipe

PRE TIME: 15 min

COOKING TIME: 1 hr 30 min

TOTAL TIME: 1 hr 45 min

6 SERVING

Ingredients:

【 For Nuts 】
2 cup Hazelnuts
2 cup Almonds
½ cup Muscavado sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 whole Freshly ground nutmeg
【 For Bake 】
1 pack Filo dough
½ cup Melted butter
【 Syrup 】
1 cup Honey
2 cup Sugar
1 ea. Cinnamon stick
3 ea. Green cardamom
1 ea. Orange peel and juice

Directions:

Step 1

Preheat the oven at 300°F/150°C.

Step 2

In a blender or machine to chop nuts, blend the almonds and hazlenuts with the muscovado sugar and whole nutmeg grated with a zester and ground cinnamon to a chuncky consistency.

Step 3