A weekend of books, baklava and baby showers.
We are having my niece’s baby shower this weekend.
She is having a little boy, it has been fun helping pull everything together for the event. And ..it is an event.
We have decorations, party favors, crystal vases for prizes, and enough food and drink for about 100.
The menu is eclectic pasta
I am making the last thing I was assigned this morning - Baklava.
I am using this recipe…
2 pounds phyllo dough (approx. 40 sheets)
6 ½ cups finely chopped walnuts
1 ½ cup sugar
1 ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
¾ pound unsalted butter (melted)
2 ½ cups honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Directions
Grease a 13×9 pan (bottom & sides) and set aside.
Mix well the walnuts (I add a cup of almonds in mix and add nutmeg) sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Set aside one full-size sheet of phyllo dough. Cover with plastic wrap.
Cut remaining phyllo sheets into 13×9 sheets. Actually, measure your pan and cut the sheets to match the actual inside dimensions. On my pan it is
Carefully lay the full-size phyllo sheet into the greased pan, folding over the pan edges. With a pastry brush, liberally apply melted butter.
Lay a cut sheet of phyllo into the bottom of the pan, and with a pastry brush liberally apply melted butter. Repeat 9 more times, so that you have the one full sheet and 10 smaller sheets as your bottom layer.
Sprinkle 2 cups of the walnut mixture into the pan. Lay 6 more sheets of phyllo on top, making sure to liberally apply the melted butter between each sheet. Repeat this 3 more times, so that you have 4 separate layers of the walnut mixture. For the top layer place as many phyllo sheets on top as you have remaining, again making sure to liberally butter between each sheet.
Bake for 2 ½ to 3 hours at 300 degrees until nice and brown.
About 5 minutes before removing the baklava from the oven, combine the honey and lemon juice and heat over a medium heat until runny. Do not boil it, just heat it well so it has a consistency more like water.
Set the baklava on a cooling rack, and pour the honey mixture completely over it.
We are having my niece’s baby shower this weekend.
She is having a little boy, it has been fun helping pull everything together for the event. And ..it is an event.
We have decorations, party favors, crystal vases for prizes, and enough food and drink for about 100.
The menu is eclectic pasta
I am making the last thing I was assigned this morning - Baklava.
I am using this recipe…
2 pounds phyllo dough (approx. 40 sheets)
6 ½ cups finely chopped walnuts
1 ½ cup sugar
1 ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
¾ pound unsalted butter (melted)
2 ½ cups honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Directions
Grease a 13×9 pan (bottom & sides) and set aside.
Mix well the walnuts (I add a cup of almonds in mix and add nutmeg) sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Set aside one full-size sheet of phyllo dough. Cover with plastic wrap.
Cut remaining phyllo sheets into 13×9 sheets. Actually, measure your pan and cut the sheets to match the actual inside dimensions. On my pan it is
Carefully lay the full-size phyllo sheet into the greased pan, folding over the pan edges. With a pastry brush, liberally apply melted butter.
Lay a cut sheet of phyllo into the bottom of the pan, and with a pastry brush liberally apply melted butter. Repeat 9 more times, so that you have the one full sheet and 10 smaller sheets as your bottom layer.
Sprinkle 2 cups of the walnut mixture into the pan. Lay 6 more sheets of phyllo on top, making sure to liberally apply the melted butter between each sheet. Repeat this 3 more times, so that you have 4 separate layers of the walnut mixture. For the top layer place as many phyllo sheets on top as you have remaining, again making sure to liberally butter between each sheet.
Bake for 2 ½ to 3 hours at 300 degrees until nice and brown.
About 5 minutes before removing the baklava from the oven, combine the honey and lemon juice and heat over a medium heat until runny. Do not boil it, just heat it well so it has a consistency more like water.
Set the baklava on a cooling rack, and pour the honey mixture completely over it.
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