Baklava with Walnuts and Cinnamon - traditional recipe
What does it include?
Ingredients
- 500g filo
- 250g melted butter
- 300g chopped walnuts
- 200g sugar
- 5 ml of cinnamon
- 1 lemon, juice
- 30 ml of water
How to prepare it step by step?
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
- Mix the nuts, sugar and cinnamon
- Spread butter on a baking sheet
- Arrange the filo sheets, alternating with butter and nuts
- Bake until golden
- For the syrup, boil the sugar, water and lemon juice until thick.
- Pour over the hot baklava
Full description
This delicious Turkish dessert of layers of filo filled with walnuts, sugar and cinnamon, is bathed in a rich mixture of sugar syrup flavored with lemon. Ideal to share and enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea.
