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Baklava
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Category: Desserts: Cake, cookies, mousse, puddings, etc..
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Posted by: Slainte
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Quantity: (makes about 100 2 1/2 inch long diamonds)
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Ingredients:
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Simmer a syrup of: 1/2 cup sugar or honey
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3/4 cup water 1/2 lemon
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until it is thick enough to
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coat the back of a spoon.
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Remove the lemon. Add: 1 Tbsp. orange-blossom
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water
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and simmer a few minutes
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longer. Cool and
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refrigerate.
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Prepare a filling of: 1 1/2 cups coarsely
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chopped nuts: almonds,
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pistachios and walnuts in
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any proportion
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sprinkle the nuts with a 2 Tbsp. sugar
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mixture of:
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1 tsp. cinnamon 1/8 tsp. cloves
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Melt
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1 cup sweet butter Have ready 24 sheets phyllo
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dough (1 lb.)
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Instructions:
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Layer 12 of them on an 11 x 15 inch buttered baklava pan,
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brushing the sheets of dough with about half the butter.
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Spread the filling on top and cover with the remaining 12
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similarly buttered sheets. Preheat oven to 350 F. Cut the
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top layered sheets and filling diagonally into 2 inch long
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diamonds, but leave the bottom few layers uncut. Bake about
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30 minutes. Raise oven temperature to 475 F. and bake about
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15 minutes longer or until golden. Remove from oven. Pour
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the refrigerated syrup over the top of puffed dough. Cut,
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using the same diagonals, through the uncut layer of dough
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and serve the diamond-shaped slices when cooled.
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Comments:
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This is just the Joy of Cooking Baklava recipe...don't know
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how good it is.
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