Baklava

BAKLAVA is a rich sweet delicious phyllo pastry popular in Middle Eastern countries. ... In baklava, layers of crisp phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts , and the whole thing is then soaked in fragrant sweet syrup made withsugar, lemon and cinnamon.

INGREDIENTS
for syrup you need
sugar 4 cups
water 2 1/2 cups
lemon juice 1 tablespoon
cinnamon 3 inches stick

for dough you need
all-purpose flour 3 cups
egg 1
baking powder 2 teaspoon
oil 1/4 cup
milk 3/4 cup

plus you need
150g melted butter
and a mixture of
cornstarch (2 cups)
and
all-purpose flour (1/2 cup)
to sprinkle between dough sheets...this mixture will help dough sheets to not stick togather.

DIRECTIONS:-
1.take all the syrup ingredients in a pan .
2.bring it to boil and cook for 8-10 minutes
3.let it cool before using .because we dont want our baklava to get soggy. hot syrup will make baklava soft .
4.mix togather all the dough ingredients and make a dough .
most probably you will not need water for the dough ...but if you need you can use a little water .
5.keep kneading the dough until it stops sticking to the pan.
6.let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
7.make phyllo sheets as shown in the video.
8.brush a good amount of melted butter on phyllo sheets before and after shaping the baklava..butter will give your baklava a nice colour and crisp.
9.bake it in preheated oven at 150°c for 40 to 45 minutes.
10.pour sugar syrup on baklava .
11. let baklava sit in sugar syrup for 4 to 6 hours for best results.
enjoy your homemade baklava with a hot cup of tea.

NOTE: these ingredients and quantities are for one kind of baklava.
for every shape shown in video you need same quantities of ingredients separately.

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