Armenian baklava

10 servings
1 hour 45 min

How to make an Armenian baklava? Make the dough first. How to make dough? In a deep bowl, put the sour cream, softened butter, cut into pieces, then drive in the chicken eggs. Choose sour cream and oil of good quality, they should be natural, without milk fat substitutes. Be sure to wash your eggs before use, as even the seemingly clean shell may contain harmful bacteria.

Mix everything until smooth with a whisk or mixer. Then pour in parts of the wheat flour sifted and combined with the baking powder. It is important to sift through the flour to saturate it with oxygen. Then the pastry will turn out to be airy and will rise well when baking.

Knead the elastic, smooth and docile dough. Wrap the dough in cling film and put it in the fridge for half an hour. In texture, it should turn out as sandy, in quality - as layered.

Next, prepare the filling. How to make a filling? Rinse the walnuts thoroughly and dry in a dry pan. Leave part of the whole walnut halves to decorate, fold the rest into a blender bowl and grind into small crumbs. You can add peanuts and almonds to the filling, the taste will be more interesting. Add the sugar, cinnamon to the nuts and turn on the blender for another minute. The filling is ready.

Prepare the fill. How to make a fill? Pour sugar into a suitable container, pour in water. Put on the heat to cook, constantly stir the mass in the process. When the sugar dissolves and the syrup starts to thicken, add the honey. It is not necessary to cook the mixture with honey for a long time so that it does not lose its beneficial properties. Stir to make the mixture uniform and turn off the heat immediately. Melt the butter in any convenient way and cool.

Remove the dough from the refrigerator, divide it into four parts.

Roll each into a thin rectangular layer. Put the first layer of dough in an oil-lubricated mold. Apply one-third of the filling to it. It is better to take shape with high sides.

Put the second layer of dough on top, filling it again. And so repeat with all parts of the dough and filling. Do not lay out the filling on the top of the dough. Cut the baklava blank into diamonds without affecting the lowest layer of dough.

Top the dough with a whipped egg yolk. Put half a walnut on each diamond. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Put baklava in it for 15 minutes. Then remove the mold, but do not turn off the heat. Pour the baklava over the melted butter. Walk through the cuts again with a knife.

Bake baklava for another 45 minutes. Fill the finished hot baklava with honey and leave it alone for half an hour to soak well. You can serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!