REDNECK RITA GOES GREEK
Hello, this is one of my favorite desserts. Pretty fancy huh~ It is easy to make and will impress anyone you share it with. Go to a nice super market and ask for Fillo pastry leaves or Greek pastry leaves. It's in the freezer section with pie dough and strudel dough.
OH MY STARS, THIS STUFF'S REALLY GREAT~
BAKLAVA (Greek Pastry)
Number of Servings -- 20-25
2 lbs. chopped walnuts
1 tsp. powdered cinnamon
½ tsp. powdered cloves
¾ lb. Butter (a stick and a half of real butter)
1 lb. Pastry sheets (FILLO /PHYLLO) Dough
Syrup
2 cups honey
¼ tsp. lemon extract
1 lb. Sugar
Juice of ½ lemon
Grated rind of lemon
Combine walnuts and spices. Melt butter. Brush bottom of 10x14 pan with melted butter, and place 1 pastry sheet over this. Brush with melted butter. Repeat this process until 4 pastry sheets line the bottom of the baking pan. Brush fourth layer with melted butter and sprinkle with nut mixture. Repeat this until nut and spice mixture is all used. End with 4 top layers brushed with butter. Cut into diamond shapes. Bake at 300 degrees until lightly golden. Do not over cook. While pastry is baking, prepare syrup. Boil syrup ingredients together.
Pour very slowly over baked Baklava. Wrap pieces in Saran wrap when completely cooled.
2 comments:
This is also one of my favorite desserts - I look forward to trying this out!
Thanks for your comment, it is my first one~ This is a fancy dessert that isn't hard to make. I made Fillo leaves once from scratch, it was an experience. Unbelievable! The dough stretched out into thin tissue paper like leaves and was cold on my arms and hands. I may put that recipe up later, just in case someone else wants to try it. Rita
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