This one was a little more complicated than my usual stuff, but actually was not nearly as hard as most people think. This does take an insanely large amount of butter, BUT common its Baklava and its so amazing. The mint sauce is subtle and makes the heavy dessert a little fresher.
The filling is made with:
3/2 cup of chopped walnuts
3/2 cups of chopped pistachios
1 tsp of cinnamon
1/3 cup of brown sugar
3 tb of butter
process nuts, cinnamon and sugar together. Add butter
The filo part is made with:
Packet of filo pastry
1/3 cup of melted butter
2 tb of veggie oil
Place a sheet of philo pastry in a cake tin. Brush butter/oil mixture and than place another sheet on top. do this with around 10-11 sheets Spread 1/2 of filling on top of 11th sheet. Than layer the philo pastry sheets again. Finally, add the rest of the filling and layer the sheets again.
Cut this into a diamond pattern before you put it into an oven at 315 F for 1 hr
Mint syrup: place all following in saucepan
3/4 cup of water
3/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup of mint leaves
1 tsp of rosewater (i didn't use this, BUT would be better)
Low heat till sugar dissolved, than simmer for another 6 min
Pour syrup over cooked baklava.
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