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Baklava (Layered Pastry with Walnuts and Honey Syrup)

Make Baklava (Layered Pastry with Walnuts and Honey Syrup) at home with Pastry, Butter Three Sticks, Cut Into Inch, Vegetable Oil, and Filo Sheets Each About. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

Ingredients

• Pastry
• 3/4 lb
• Cut Into Inch
• 1/2 cup
• 40
• Inches Long By Inches
• Wide
• 4 cup
• Syrup
• 1 1/2 cup
• 3/4 cup
• 1 tbsp
• 1 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Clarify the butter in a heavy saucepan or skillet in the following fashion: Melt the butter slowly over low heat without letting it brown, skimming off the foam as it rises to the surface.

2. 2

   Remove the pan from the heat, let it rest for 2 or 3 minutes, then spoon off the clear butter and discard the milky solids at the bottom of the pan.

3. 3

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and stir the vegetable oil into the clarified butter.

4. 4

   Using a pastry brush coat the bottom and sides of a 13 by 19 by 2 inch baking dish with about 1 tablespoon of the mixture.

5. 5

   Fold a sheet of filo in half crosswise, lift it up gently and unfold it into the prepared dish.

6. 6

   Press the pastry flat, fold down the excess around the sides and flatten it against the bottom.

7. 7

   Brush the entire surface of the pastry lightly with the butter and oil mixture, and lay another sheet of filo on top, folding it down and buttering it in a similar fashion.

8. 8

   Sprinkle the pastry evenly with about 3 tablespoons of walnuts.

9. 9

   Repeat the same procedure using two sheets of buttered filo and 3 tablespoons of the pulverized walnuts each time to make 19 layers in all.

10. 10

    Spread the 2 remaining sheets of filo on top and brush the baklava with all of the remaining butter and oil mixture.

11. 11

    With a small, sharp knife score the top of the pastry with parallel diagonal lines about inch deep and 2 inches apart, then cross them diagonally to form diamond shapes.

12. 12

    Bake in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes.

13. 13

    Reduce the heat to about 300 and bake for 45 minutes longer, or until the top is crisp and golden brown.

14. 14

    Meanwhile, make the syrup.

15. 15

    Combine the sugar, water and lemon juice in a small saucepan and, stirring constantly, cook over moderate heat until the sugar dissolves.

16. 16

    Increase the heat to high and, timing it from the moment the sugar boils, cook briskly, uncovered, for about 5 minutes, or until the syrup reaches a temperature of 220 on a candy thermometer.