BAKLAVA SYRUP TOPPING:
This will be made first. 20 oz. sugar 12 oz. water 2 tbsp. honey 1/2 lemon BAKLAVA: 2 boxes Apollo Fillo 1 grated orange peel 1 tsp. cinnamon 3/4 c. sugar 3 lbs. crushed walnuts (then grind them) 1 shot of brandy 1 lb. sweetened butter 1/4 tsp. powdered clove 1 container whole cloves Syrup Topping: Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan (the 1/2 lemon is left as a whole in the pan). Boil for 10 minutes; set aside. Baklava: Grease a large deep dish pan with butter. Melt the 1 lb. butter; put it aside. Mix in a large bowl grated orange peel, cinnamon, sugar, ground walnuts, brandy and powdered clove. Then in the greased pan, take one thin layer of fillo and place it on the bottom of the pan. Grease the top of it with the melted butter. Do this with four more layers. This is your first stack of fillo. Next put a layer of the walnut mix on top of the stack; spread it evenly. Add 1 fillo layer on top of the mixture, then grease the top. Add another layer of mixture. Continue alternating layers of fillo and walnut mixture until mixture finishes. Then add five more greased layers of fillo on top of your last layer of mixture. Grease the last layer of fillo. Cut the baklava vertically, then diagonally. Press a whole clove into the top of each baklava piece. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. As soon as you take the baklava out of the oven, pour the entire syrup mixture all over the baklava. Let the baklava cool for 3-4 hours. -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 10:39 PM To: cooking in the dark list Subject: [CnD] baclava recipe request In a chat room, we were talking about baclava. I'm not sure that I spelled it right, but I thought that I had a recipe that uses filo dough. I was trying to describe what this Greek dessert is to someone who has never had it. If someone has a recipe, I sure would like it! I'm thinking that I got it from this list quite some time ago. Maybe it is on my desktop computer which is currently out of commission. Thanks in advance. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
