Baklava

Category
Biscuits, cookies, pastries

Time
1 hour

Difficulty
Medium

Cost
Medium

From
Greece

Ingredients

270g filo (phyllo) dough
200g almonds, crunched
100g butter
cinnamon
1 cup of honey
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Unroll phyllo dough and cut into 12 sheets.
Melt the butter using a bain-marieHeat something gently, in a smaller pot inside a larger one half-filled with hot water..
Butter the bottoms and sides of a pan, lay a phyllo sheet in it and brush it lightly with butter.
Sprinkle 1/6 of the almonds and cinnamon. Lay a new sheet, brush with butter and sprinkle almonds and cinnamon agan. Repeat 4 times.
Lay the last six sheets, brushing them.
Using a sharp knife cut the baklava into diamond shapes all the way to the bottom of the pan.
Bake in preheated 180° C (356 F) oven until golden, 35-40 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the honey with 100ml of hot water, lemon juice and vanilla extract.
Remove the baklava from the oven and pour the hot syrup over the pastry. Let it cool.