Baklava

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 cups finely chopped walnuts
• 2 cups butter or 2 cups crisco ghee
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pistachios
• 18 sheets phyllo dough
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 to make the sugar syrup:.
• 2 in a pan put the water and sugar and heat until boiling.
• 3 once it start boiling add the lemon and leave in for another 15 minutes until the syrup start thickening.
• 4 set a side to cool.
• 5 to make the baklava.
• 6 - preheat oven.
• 7 - brush the surface of the baking tray ( square or rectangular shape 24 x40 cm) with oil.
• 8 - melt the butter or the ghee.
• 9 - put on layer of dough in the baking tray and brush it with the ghee, repeat 6 times.
• 10 - on the side mix the walnuts with the sugar and the pistachios.
• 11 - spread the walnut mix equally on top of the dough.
• 12 - spread ¼ cup of the ghee on top of the walnuts.
• 13 - put another dough on top of the walnut and brush it with ghee.
• 14 - repeat the last step 12 times.
• 15 - wet your fingers with water and gently wipe the last dough.
• 16 - brush the last dough with ghee generously.
• 17 - cut the baklava into small squares.
• 18 - put the baklava in the oven.
• 19 - bake on 325 for about half an hour then on 450 for the last 5-10 minutes until it turns golden and crunchy.
• 20 - take the baklava out of the oven and immediately pour the cooled sugar syrup on it.
• 21 - serve at room temperature.