Month: December 2020

Categories
Recipes

Filo Dough Sheets

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups all purpose flour
  2. 5 tsp olive oil
  3. 1/2 tsp salt
  4. 2tsp white vinegar
  5. 3/4 cup warm water

starch mixture

  1. 1/4 cup cornstarch
  2. 1 Tbsp flour

Directions

  1. Place 2 cups flour, olive oil, salt, vinegar, and water in a mixing bowl.
  2. Mix until the dough comes away from the side of the bowl.
  3. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth, about 5 minutes.
  4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let sit for 1-2 hrs.

  1. Add the cornstarch and 1Tbsp flour into a bowl. Mix together.
  2. Divide the dough into 20 20g portions.
  3. Flatten out dough balls. Cover in cornstarch and flout mixture and roll out into a circle with 5 inches in diameter.
  4. Dust flattened dough with cornstarch/flour mixture to keep the sheets from sticking together.
Categories
Desserts

Baklava

  1. 115g chopped almonds
  2. 115g chopped walnuts
  3. 115g pistachio nuts
  4. 55g brown sugar
  5. 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  6. 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  7. 55g melted butter, melt more as needed
  8. 12 filo sheets (13x18cm sheets)

syrup ingredients

  1. 225g white sugar
  2. 1.5dl water
  3. 1Tbsp lemon juice
  4. 1Tbsp orange juice

Syrup

Put sugar, water, and lemon juice in a pan on low heat and heat until sugar is dissolved. Keep on burner for 5 minutes or until syrup is thick and add orange juice and cook for a few more minutes. Remove from burner and cool completely. Syrup goes on after baklava is baked.

Assembly

  1. Preheat oven to 180C (350F)
  2. Place nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl and mix together.
  3. Grease and place 3 filo sheets in a 13x18cm sheet.
  4. Place 1/3 of the nut mixture on the sheets.
  5. Repeat steps 2-3 until nut and filo sheets are all used.
  6. Bake for 30-40 minutes until the baklava is crispy
  7. After baklava is pulled from oven and cooled pour syrup on top
  8. Cut into squares