World Flavors Cookbook

Baklava (Syrian Style)

Name: Baklava (Syrian Style)
Cook time: 45 min
Cuisine: Syria
Ingredients: Phyllo pastry sheets Premium pistachios or cashews Ghee (clarified butter) Rose and orange blossom water syrup

Layers of paper-thin pastry filled with premium pistachios and drenched in a light rose-water syrup.

Cuisine: Syria

Ingredients

Phyllo pastry sheets Premium pistachios or cashews Ghee (clarified butter) Rose and orange blossom water syrup

Instructions

Layer phyllo sheets with ghee. Add a thick layer of ground nuts. Top with more phyllo. Cut into diamonds and bake until golden. Pour cold syrup over the hot pastry.