Baklava
- 12 oz. frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed
- 1 oz. butter
- 4 oz. unblanched almonds
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 5 Tbsp. clear honey
- 4 Tbsp. lemon juice
- Cut the pastry sheets in halves and roll out to 9 x 6-inches on floured board; melt butter.
- Roughly chop nuts and mix with cinnamon.
- Put pastry sheet on damp baking tray, brush with melted butter and cover with 3 more sheets pastry, brushing butter between each layer.
- Spoon nut mixture over pastry, leaving 3/4-inch border.
- Cover with remaining 4 sheets pastry, buttering each layer.
- Trim off pastry to make neat rectangle.
- Knock up edges.
- Score top in 6, then score each section in half diagonally.
- Bake at 425u0b0 for 7 to 15 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350u0b0, bake for 20 minutes more.
- Warm honey and lemon juice in pan.
- Spoon over hot pastry and let soak, serve warm.
- Hope you'll try this.
- It's served all over the Middle East as is Lamb Tayine. Bon appetit.
frozen puff pastry sheets, butter, unblanched almonds, cinnamon, clear honey, lemon juice
Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=774340 (may not work)