Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, baklava with pistachios. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This Turkish-style baklava tastes deeply and richly of pistachio nuts and butter, without the spices, honey or aromatics found in other versions. It has a purity of flavor that, while still quite sweet. This Pistachio Baklava is one remarkable ending to the most special meal, whether in Ramadan or any time of the year.
Baklava with pistachios is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Baklava with pistachios is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook baklava with pistachios using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Baklava with pistachios:
- Get 40 sheets filo pastry
- Take 500 g butter, I use the one in the glass jar
- Prepare 300 g pistachios (from Aegina)
- Get Ingredients for the syrup
- Take 650 g sugar
- Prepare 400 g water
- Make ready 80 g glucose syrup
It's simply made with layers of phyllo dough and nut filling. The best traditional Greek Baklava recipe! A classic Baklava dessert with layers of phyllo, walnuts and honey to amaze your I must admit that my personal favourite is walnuts mixed with pistachios. Baklava; image from Ozlem's Turkish Table cookery book, by Sian Irvine Photography.
Steps to make Baklava with pistachios:
- Melt the butter but don't let it brown.
- Blend the pistachios in the blender into powder (if they are coarsely blended the baklava filo sheets will not stick together).
- Line an oblog baking tray of 30x45 cm with butter (you can use a baking tray in the dimensions that you have just make sure that it is relatively large) and spread out half the filo sheets brushing each one with butter.
- Spread out the pistachios all over the baking tray and cover with the 20 remaining filo sheets brushing one by one with butter.
- Place the baking tray into the fridge to cool so you can cut the pieces.
- Cut into small square pieces, sprinkle with a little water so that they don't lift up while baking and bake in a very slow oven at 130-140οC for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Remove from the oven and pour the syrup over it, hot.
- To make the syrup, boil the sugar, water and glucose syrup for 3 minutes (count 3 minutes from the moment it starts to boil).
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