Yia Yia's Baklava

• portions: 20 servings
• temps actif: 45 minutes
• temps total: 1 day 1 hour 35 minutes

Ingrédients

2 cups water

2 cups white sugar

4 whole cloves

½ cinnamon stick

1 lemon, juiced, divided

1 pound finely chopped walnuts

1 cup white sugar

2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

¾ cup unsalted butter, melted, or more as needed

20 sheets phyllo dough

Instructions

Stir together water, 2 cups sugar, cloves, cinnamon stick, and 1/2 the lemon juice together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until flavor blends and syrup consistency is reached, about 15 minutes. Stir remaining 1/2 the lemon juice into syrup. Strain and refrigerate until cool, at least 30 minutes.

Stir walnuts, 1 cup sugar, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Brush butter on the bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch glass baking dish.

Lay the phyllo dough out on a clean, dry surface and cover it with plastic wrap. Cover the plastic wrap with a damp towel.

Lay 1 sheet of phyllo dough in prepared baking dish and lightly brush with butter. Lay another 1 sheet of phyllo dough on top, brush with butter. Repeat layering and brushing with butter with 4 more sheets of phyllo dough.

Gently spread 1/3 the walnut mixture in an even layer over the phyllo dough in the baking dish. Place a sheet of phyllo dough over the walnut mixture and brush it with butter. Repeat layering and buttering with 3 more sheets of dough.

Spread another 1/3 the walnut mixture in an even layer over the phyllo dough in the baking dish. Place a sheet of phyllo dough over the walnut mixture and brush it with butter. Repeat layering and buttering with 3 more sheets of dough.

Spread the remaining 1/3 walnut mixture in an even layer over the phyllo dough in the baking dish. Place a sheet of phyllo dough over the walnut mixture and brush it with butter. Repeat layering and buttering with the remaining 5 sheets of dough. Cut baklava into 1-inch diamonds.

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes.

Pour cooled syrup over baked baklava and cool for 1 day to absorb syrup.

Nutrition

• Calories: 386 kcal
• Lipides Totaux: 23 g
• Lipides Saturés: 6 g
• Lipides Insaturés: 0 g
• Cholestérol: 18 mg
• Sodium: 95 mg
• Glucides Totaux: 44 g
• Fibres Diététiques: 2 g
• Sucres Totaux: 31 g
• Protéines: 5 g