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Egyptian baklava with nuts.
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Egyptian Baklava

Egyptian Baklava is a crispy layers of phyllo pastry stuffed with mixed nuts and drizzled with simple syrup! YUM!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Egyptian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Turkish
Servings: 25 Servings
Calories: 155kcal
Author: Radwa

Equipment

Ingredients

Syrup

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ lemon juice

Nuts

  • 1 cup pistachios
  • 1 cup almonds
  • 1 cup hazelnuts

Baklava

  • ½ cup butter , melted
  • 1 packet phyllo pastry sheets

Instructions

  • Prepare the syrup: Add water, sugar, vanilla extract and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring to a boil.
    Add water, sugar, vanilla extract and lemon juice in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
  • Then reduce the heat and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it cool completely.
    reduce the heat and let the syrup simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Prepare the nuts: In the food processor, add pistachios, almonds and hazelnuts and blitz a few times until they are finely chopped and have some tiny chunks.
    In the food processor, add pistachios, almonds and hazelnuts and blitz until chopped.
  • Make baklava: Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F.
  • Grease the bottom and the sides of a 20x30 cm baking pan with butter.
  • Put one phyllo sheet in the pan and brush it with the melted butter. Then, put another phyllo sheet over it and brush it with butter, too. Repeat until you have 10 sheets in total.
  • Sprinkle about ½ cup of chopped nuts on top evenly.
    Sprinkle about ½ cup of chopped nuts on top of the phyllo sheets.
  • Repeat the previous until you have 4-5 layers of nuts (based on how many phyllo sheets you have).
  • Brush the top with butter, cut the baklava tray diagonally using a sharp knife.
    Brush the top with butter, cut the baklava tray diagonally using a sharp knife.
  • Bake it for 20-25 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
  • Remove it from the oven, pour the cooled syrup over it. Allow it to sit for 10-15 minutes. Then serve!
    Baked, golden brown baklava topped with sugar syrup.

Notes

Cover your phyllo pastry sheets with a kitchen towel; otherwise, they will dry out and become so hard to work with.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 155kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 30mg | Potassium: 127mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 135IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg