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Baklava – crispy honey-nut pastry
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Baklava – crispy honey-nut pastry

Crispy layers of filo pastry with crushed walnuts and a light honey syrup with cinnamon and lemon. Sweet, crunchy and irresistible.

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70 min total
16 servings
Easy

Ingredients

servings
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  • Baklava

    • 9.5 oz Filo pastry
    • 10.6 oz Walnuts, roughly chopped
    • 5.3 oz Melted butter
    • 1 tsp Cinnamon

  • Syrup

    • 7.1 oz Sugar
    • about 0.6 cup Water
    • 3.5 oz Honey
    • 1 tbsp Lemon juice

Instructions

  1. 1

    Layer and bake

    1. Mix nuts and cinnamon. Brush a baking pan with butter.
    2. Layer 5 filo sheets in the base, brush each with butter. Scatter a third of the nuts over.
    3. Repeat the layers twice more. Finish with 5 buttered filo sheets.
    4. Cut into diamonds or squares before baking. Bake at 175 °C for 35–40 minutes until golden and crisp.
    50 min
  2. 2

    Make syrup and pour over

    1. Boil sugar, water, honey and lemon juice. Simmer 8 minutes.
    2. Pour the hot syrup over the baked, warm baklava. Let soak at least 4 hours.
    10 min

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Allergens

GlutenNutsMilk

Restrictions

  • Contains Gluten
  • Contains Nuts
  • Contains milk

Storage

Fresh

  • • Duration: 7 days
  • • Temperature: 20°C
  • • Method: Store at room temperature in a sealed container. Not in the fridge – the syrup crystallizes.

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Rolige opskrifter til hverdag, have og bål.