Baklava ( Papadakis Taverna)
5 ts Cinnamon 3 c Coarsley chopped walnuts 1 lb Sweet butter; melted 1 lb Phyllo pastry sheets 40 Whole cloves 1 2" strip of orange peel 1 2" strip of lemon peel 1 Cinnamon stick
Ingredients
- 5tsp cinnamon
- 3cup coarsley chopped walnuts
- 1lbsweet butter; melted
- 1lbphyllo pastry sheets
- 40whole cloves
- 12" strip of orange peel
- 12" strip of lemon peel
- 1cinnamon stick
Directions
- 1
5 ts Cinnamon 3 c Coarsley chopped walnuts 1 lb Sweet butter
- 2
melted 1 lb Phyllo pastry sheets 40 Whole cloves 1 2" strip of orange peel 1 2" strip of lemon peel 1 Cinnamon stick 1/3 c Honey 1/2 Lemon
- 3
juiced In a medium bowl place the cinnamon and walnuts, and mix them together
- 4
Brush the bottom of a 14" x 20" baking dish with the butter
- 5
Place one pastry sheet in the dish and brush it with the butter
- 6
Repeat this process so that 6 pastry sheets line the bottom of the dish
- 7
Sprinkle 1/3 of the nut mixture over the top of the pastry sheets
- 8
Repeat this process so that there are 3 layers of the nut mixture and 4 layers of 6 buttered pastry sheets, ending with 6 pastry sheets