- 115g chopped almonds
- 115g chopped walnuts
- 115g pistachio nuts
- 55g brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 55g melted butter, melt more as needed
- 12 filo sheets (13x18cm sheets)
syrup ingredients
- 225g white sugar
- 1.5dl water
- 1Tbsp lemon juice
- 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
- Preheat oven to 180C (350F)
- Place nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl and mix together.
- Grease and place 3 filo sheets in a 13x18cm sheet.
- Place 1/3 of the nut mixture on the sheets.
- Repeat steps 2-3 until nut and filo sheets are all used.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes until the baklava is crispy
- After baklava is pulled from oven and cooled pour syrup on top
- Cut into squares