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Baklava

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Ingredients for 6 servings:

  • 900 g puff pastry
  • 500 g almond(s), coarsely chopped
  • 100 g breadcrumbs
  • 100 g sugar
  • 250 g butter, melted
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove(s), ground
  • 300 g sugar, for the syrup and
  • 250 g honey
  • Cinnamon
  • 5 carnations
  • 400 ml water

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Total time approx. 2 hours 45 minutes

Turkish dessert

Mix the nuts, sugar, breadcrumbs, cinnamon, and ground cloves. Place a third of the puff pastry in a buttered dish and brush with butter. Spread half of the nut mixture on top. Place the dough on top. Brush with butter again. Spread the rest of the nut mixture on top. Butter the top layer of puff pastry and cut it. Sprinkle with water. Bake at about 150°C until golden brown. Boil the syrup made from the sugar, honey, cinnamon, cloves, and water for about 10 minutes. Pour the hot syrup over the baked baklava and let it sit for a few hours.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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