Recipe: Appetizing Pecan and almond baklava

Pecan and almond baklava. Ingredients: Almonds, Pecans, Clarified Butter, Pure Cane Sugar, Phyllo Dough, Water and Organic Lemon Juice on all baklavas. Baklava King, Inc exclusively uses shelled nuts and inspects all batches thoroughly, however, this product may rarely contain small pieces of shells. A Classic Baklava Recipe made with phyllo pastry, ground pecans and drizzled with a sweet honey syrup.

We make ours from the recipe that our family has been making it from for generations. It has layers of flaky phyllo dough, real butter, crushed nuts and our homemade simple syrup. Baklava is an all-time favorite Greek pastry that comes in many different varieties. You can cook Pecan and almond baklava using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pecan and almond baklava

1. You need 1 box of phyllo pastry.
2. Prepare of Melted butter and ghee for brushing.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon.
4. Prepare 1 cup of almonds.
5. You need 2 cups of pecans.
6. Prepare stick of Long dowel.
7. Prepare of For the syrup.
8. It's 1 cup of water.
9. It's 3/4 cup of sugar.
10. You need 1/2 cup of golden syrup.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of lemon juice.

This recipe includes walnuts and almonds. Baklava is the dish most people think of when they think Greek dessert. Baklava is a perennial favorite, a classic Greek pastry made with flaky phyllo dough that is layered. This Vegan Pecan Walnut Baklava recipe features layers of phyllo dough coated with Vegan Butter, layered with nuts and spices then drizzled with syrup!

Pecan and almond baklava instructions

1. Step 1: Add sugar and water to a saucepan and boil till sugar has dissolved and a little sticky.. Once sticky and clear, add in golden syrup and lemon juice.. Allow to cool...
2. Step 2: Put nuts in food processor and grind till finely chopped(do not make smooth). Add in cinnamon powder and mix well... (make sure nuts r ground fine or it will make holes in the phyllo..
3. Step 3: Take phyllo sheet and cut in half... Place 1 piece on worktop lengthwise with the long side in front of you. Brush with melted butter and ghee mix.. Place another sheet on top and brush again with butter.. Sprinkle nut and cinnamon mixture.. About 3 tsp(dont put too much). Take dowel and roll up (but not too tight)-see pic. Once it’s all rolled up, place each hand on both ends of the rolled phyllo, carefully push both ends towards the center to scrunch it up. (cleobuttera pictures).
4. Step4: Remove skewer and place in a greased tray/casserole.. Repeat till casserole is full.. Cut into 4 pieces. If you have extra butter mixture, pour it over the rolls.. Bake on 160 for +-70mins or till golden brown.(cleobuttera pictures).
5. Step 5: Remove from oven and pour cooled syrup on immediately whilst hot... Decorate with crushed almond mix/rose petals, etc.
6. Variations: Pista makes amazing decoration(and changes up the taste a little) Add a few drops of rose essence in ur syrup and decorate with edible rose petals..

This Vegan Pecan Walnut Baklava recipe is much easier to make than it looks. Enjoy this classic, crispy, nutty Pecan Baklava, made with layers upon layers of phyllo dough for an incredibly delicious, flaky dessert. When I first had the idea to make a maple pecan version of baklava, I thought it was a genius unique idea. Traditional baklava is usually made with walnuts or. Baklava is traditionally made with (Persian/English) walnuts or pistachios(never seen this kind, but it sounds good to me), but you could presumably use Pecans should work just fine, and if you search Google for "pecan baklava" you'll find all kinds of recipes for it, so at least some people seem to like it.