Baklava (pakhlava)

Ingredients

• Ready-made unleavened filo pastry – 800 g
• egg (yolk) – 1 piece
• melted butter – 100 g
• honey – 250 g
• sugar – 100 g
• powdered sugar – 1 tbsp.
• ground cinnamon – 1 tsp.
• shelled walnuts – 2 cups

Preparation method (receipt)

Chop walnuts and mix with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Roll out very thin dough on the floured table and cut into layers in size of the baking tray the baklava will be baked in. In the oiled tray, lay two layers of dough on one other, buttering each of them. Apply the stuffing in a thin layer, cover with another layer and put stuffing again. Continue to lay the dough and stuffing in layers until there are no ingredients. The top layer should be made of dough. Brush it with yolk. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Mark the future cuts on the surface of baklava (it is usually cut into small rhombs after baking) and bake for 40-45 minutes until golden brown. Meanwhile, prepare the pouring. Boil 0.3 cup water, dissolve sugar in it and cook for 5 minutes. Add honey and cook, stirring, for another 8 minutes. Take the baklava out of the oven and allow it to slightly cool. Cut into pieces according to the marked cuts. Pour it over with honey mixture and leave for 7-8 hours at room temperature, so that the baklava is well soaked.