[guide.chat] recipe baklava
- From: vanessa <qwerty1234567a@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:09:12 -0000
Serves: Makes approximately 16 pieces Print.
Vegetarian
This is so temple-achingly sweet that one small marked-out diamond, or maybe
two, is enough. But even so, I love its perfumed sugariness - as much as I love
the tender, rose-shot green of its equally fragrant nubbly interior.
Ingredients. Switch to Cup Measures. For the syrup.
300 ml water
500 gram(s) caster sugar
½ lemon (juice)
1 tablespoon(s) rosewater
1 tablespoon(s) orange-flower water For the pastry.
325 gram(s) pistachio nut(s) (chopped in a processor til medium fine)
125 gram(s) unsalted butter (melted)
400 gram(s) filo pastry
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Method.
To make the syrup: bring the water, sugar and lemon juice to the boil, and keep
it at boiling point for 5 minutes. Add the rosewater and orange-flower water,
and then remove it from the heat. Pour it into a jug, let it cool and then
chill it in the fridge.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4.
Brush the tin with butter, and then each of the filo pastry sheets as you line
the tin with them. Use half of the pastry for the bottom layer, placing the
sheets in the tin evenly so that the pastry goes up the sides with a little
overhang. As the tin is square and the filo pastry is often a rectangular
shape, you should try to arrange the sheets so that each side is covered in
turn. When you have used up half of the pastry, spread the pistachios evenly
over the filo sheets. Then carry on with the rest of the pastry in the same
way. The last sheet on top should also be buttered well, and then with a sharp
knife trim around the top edge of the tin to give a neat finish.
Cut parallel lines 4-5cm apart to form diamond shapes, making sure you cut the
baklava right through to the bottom of the tin.
Put in the oven and cook for 30 minutes, by which time the filo will have
puffed up and become golden-brown. As soon as it comes out of the oven, pour
over half the cold syrup. Leave it a few minutes to soak in and then pour over
the rest.
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