Probably, each of us at least once in my life tried the sweetness that comes from Turkey - pakhlava . It is prepared from puff pastry and honey, and if you like this delicacy, we will tell you how to make honey baklava at home.
Recipe for honey baklava
Preparation of honey baklava is a rather lengthy and laborious process, but the result is worth it.
Ingredients:
- flour - 400 g;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- butter - 250 g;
- sour cream - 250 g;
- sugar - 300 g;
- walnuts - 2 items;
- honey - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- cardamom - 2 grains;
- salt - pinch.
Preparation
Begin to make baklava honey from the puff pastry with mixing sour cream with softened, sliced butter. Knead the dough with torn movements. After that, separate the proteins from the yolks. Send three yolks into the dough, and leave one for a while. Dough a little salt, and gradually intervene in it pre-sifted flour. Continue to knead it with jerky movements, it will get you with lumps, but it's not scary, put it in a plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
For the filling, mix the ground walnuts with cardamom and sugar. Whip egg whites and combine them with half of the nut mass. Take the dough, divide into 4 parts, each roll thinly, but make the lowest one a little thicker than the others, so that the baklava does not tear. Put one layer of dough on a baking tray, grease it with a protein mixture, and then sprinkle dry nut. Do the same with all parts, then cut off the edges, roll them into the last fifth layer and smear it with an egg yolk, whipped with water.
Cut the baklava into 16 pieces, decorate the middle with each walnut and bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Melt the honey, adding a little water to it, grease this mixture with baked baklava and put it in the oven for another 5 minutes. After that, your honey baklava with nuts will be ready.
Crimean honey puff
For those who remember what the taste of baklava, which is sold on the beaches of Crimea, we offer a recipe for honey Crimean baklava, which you can easily make in your kitchen.
Ingredients:
- milk - 250 ml;
- sour cream - 50 ml;
- butter - 60 g;
- flour - 3,5-4 items;
- soda - ¼ tsp;
- sugar - 500 g;
- water - 200 ml;
- honey (optional) - 2 tsp.
Preparation
Combine the milk and the melted butter. Add soda and sour cream to them, stir well, then pour in the flour and knead the dough. Cover it with a towel and let stand for 10 minutes. Divide the dough into parts, grease the working surface with flour and roll each into a thin rectangle. The thinner the layer becomes, the better and tastier your baklava will be. Leave the layer to dry for 5-10 minutes, and then roll with a roll, 4 cm wide. To prevent the dough sticking, sprinkle it with flour. Cut the edge of the roll with water so that it sticks well and does not fall apart during the frying.
Cut the resulting roll into slanting strips, 2 cm wide and unfold the pieces that have turned out a little. Preheat the vegetable oil in a deep frying pan and fry several pieces from two sides to a golden color. Ready baklava lay on a paper towel to stack excess fat.
While baklava is fried, cook syrup. To do this, mix the water with sugar, bring to a boil, remove from heat and then add honey. Lower into the finished syrup cooled baklava, so that it remains crisp, and put it on the tray. If you dip hot baklava in syrup, it will become soft. In the end you can sprinkle all the crushed nuts.