BAKLAVA
3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
3/4 cup finely chopped pistachios
1/2 cup chopped blanched almonds (lightly, toasted)
1/2 cup superfine sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 1/4 lb sweet butter, melted
1 package commercial phyllo sheets
SYRUP
2 1/2 cup sugar
1 3/4 cup water
1 orange's rind, finely grated
1 lemon's rind, finely grated
5 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 cup honey
A Recipe for
Baklava (Metaxas)
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. |
| Ernestine Ulmer |
Rice is born in water and must die in wine. |
| Italian Proverb |
Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not! |
| Author Unknown |
This Recipe for Baklava (Metaxas) is one of thousands in the Recipes-to-go Dessert Cookbook.
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. |
| Albert Einstein (1879-1955) |
If you enjoy this Baklava (Metaxas) Recipe - you should enjoy the recipe collections you can find on the websites below:
Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. |
| Jim Davis, "Garfield" |
The seven deadly sins ... Food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven milestones from man's neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the milestones are lifted. |
| George Bernard Shaw |
This is a recipe for Baklava (Metaxas) from the recipe cookbook of Recipes-to-go (Dessert)
I drink no more than a sponge. |
| Francis Rabelais - Works. Book i. Chap. v. |
Some things you have to do every day. Eating seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn't going to get the job done. |
| Jim Rohn |
Chemicals, n: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made. |
| Author Unknown |
When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Man invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking. |
| Elayne Boolser |
Herb Tip |
Food Tip |
Combine nuts, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Brush a 13 x 9 x 2-inch
baking pan well with butter. Separate 25 phyllo sheets from package.
Place under a smooth, damp towel to prevent drying. Wrap remaining
filo well. Freeze for future use. Place one phyllo sheet in pan.
Trim to fit. Brush generously with melted butter. Repeat procedure
until there are 5 layers of buttered phyllo in the pan. Sprinkle with
1/4 nut mixture. Repeat this procedure two more times, ending with
phyllo. Drizzle any remaining butter over top. Bake in 350 degree
oven 1-1/2 hours or until golden brown. Remove baklava from oven.
Using a sharp knife, immediately cut long, diagonal lines from corner
to corner, forming an "X". Follow these guidelines to cut baklava
into serving-size diamonds. While still hot, pour cooled syrup over
baklava.
Syrup: Combine sugar, water, orange and lemon rinds, cloves and
cinnamon stick in saucepan. Bring to boil. Simmer, uncovered, about
5 minutes to thicken syrup slightly. Remove from heat. Discard
spices. Stir in honey. Cool at room temperature. Pour over hot
baklava. Allow to stand overnight before serving.
From: "Classic Greek Cooking" by Daphne Metaxas. ISBN: 0-911954-31-7
Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
Serves: 30
Baklava (Metaxas) Recipe brought to you by Recipes To-Go