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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Central Asia, Middle East, Turkey
Keyword: apple, baklava, pistachio
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 0.5 kg Phyllo dough or puff pastry dough
  • 0.5 kg Diced frozen apples Vima
  • 250 g Peeled pistachios
  • 50 g Butter (for apples)
  • 100 g Brown sugar
  • 1 cup Walnuts
  • 1 cup Honey
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 cup Brown sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla bean
  • 4 tsp Orange blossom water
  • 250 g Butter (to paint puff pastry)
  • 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1/3 tsp Ground cloves

Instructions

Pre-elaboration of Baklava

  • Peel pistachios by soaking them in water beforehand.
  • Chop pistachios and walnuts.
  • Cook the apples in the oven with butter and sugar for 30 min (or 5 minutes in the microwave)
  • Mix with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, two tablespoons of honey and one tablespoon of orange blossom water. Stir to integrate the mixture and set aside.
  • Melt the butter for 30 seconds in the microwave and set it aside.
  • Cover a tray with parchment paper and put the phyllo dough or puff pastry on top. Arrange a layer on the tray and with the help of a brush paint the surface of the dough.

Assembling the Baklava

  • Spread the previously made nut mix on the pasta or puff pastry so that it reaches a uniform minimum height of 1cm. Assemble up to two layers always making sure to paint the phyllo dough or puff pastry with butter.
  • Cook in the oven preheated to 180ºc between 20 and 30 minutes. Remove when the phyllo dough or puff pastry is well browned on top.
  • Prepare the syrup by mixing water, orange blossom water, vanilla bean halved and honey in a saucepan with a pinch of salt. Boil for 5 min over low heat. Strain and set aside.
  • Once the baklava is fully baked and almost getting cold, add the syrup from a large enough container onto the baklava and place it on a rack so excess syrup falls off.
  • Serve cold and accompanied by a good tea (to taste). Green tea with mint and brown sugar is recommended.