Description
Classic baklava made with delicate phyllo pastry layers filled with pistachios and soaked in sweet honey syrup.
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 sheets phyllo dough
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 cups finely chopped pistachios
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and butter a baking dish.
- Mix chopped pistachios and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Place one sheet of phyllo dough into the baking dish and brush with melted butter.
- Repeat layering phyllo and butter for about 8 sheets.
- Spread a thin layer of the pistachio mixture.
- Continue layering phyllo sheets with butter and nuts.
- Cut the pastry into diamond shapes.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until golden.
- Simmer honey, sugar, water, lemon juice, and vanilla to create syrup.
- Pour warm syrup over the hot baklava and let it soak before serving.
Notes
- Keep phyllo dough covered with a damp towel while working.
- Pour syrup over warm baklava for best absorption.
- Let baklava rest for several hours before serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 25mg