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Turkish baklava at home

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20 servings
2 hours

Wheat flour - 500 g, Eggs - 2 pcs., Butter - 250 g, Milk - 270 ml, Walnuts - 300 g, Powdered sugar - 300 g, Honey - 300 g, Water - 125 ml, Cinnamon - 10 g, Salt - 5 g

How to make Turkish baklava at home? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Sift the flour into a large bowl, make a depression in it, break one egg there and add 50 grams of butter melted in a water bath or microwave and a pinch of salt. Pour a glass of warm milk there.

Stir the egg-oil-milk mixture with a fork, gradually adding flour from the edges of the recess. Knead the dough. It should be dense and elastic. Perhaps less or more flour will be needed, since different manufacturers have different properties.

When the dough is ready, cover it with a tea towel and place it in a warm place for half an hour to rest.

How to make a filling for Turkish baklava with walnuts? Grind the nuts to crumb using a blender, add the icing sugar and cinnamon, and stir.

After half an hour, remove the dough and divide it into 20 identical balls.

Take one ball of dough, roll it out into a thin plate, then brush with melted butter.

Place the filling, approximately 2 tablespoons, on the plate, retreating 2-3 centimeters from the edges of the plate. Top with a pencil or a small stick.

Roll up the roll-shaped plate with a pencil.

Slide the edges of the roll towards the middle and remove the pencil.

This way roll up 20 rolls. Grease the roasting tin with butter and place the cooked rolls firmly on top of each other. Mix the egg yolk with a spoon of milk and brush each roll with this mixture. Next, send the tin to an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 10-15 minutes.

After time has elapsed, remove the baklava and brush with the remaining melted butter. Send it to the oven, reducing the temperature to 170 ° C and bake for about 40 minutes to 1 hours until the baklava is completely golden. It may take a little less or a little more time, navigate your oven.

How to make baklava syrup? Combine the honey and water in a saucepan, put on a heat and cook this mixture for about 10 minutes after boiling. (Choose honey natural, fragrant, the taste of the finished pastry will depend on the taste of honey)

After the baking time has elapsed, remove the baklava from the oven and pour over the cooked honey syrup, sprinkle crushed nuts on top, let it brew for about 1. 5-2 hours. So our Turkish baklava smedom is ready. Enjoy your meal!