There are a great variety of cooking options for this dish. A very interesting variation is the Uzbek honey baklava. Even an inexperienced chef can cook this dessert.
It is necessary
- • 120 g of raisins;
- • 20 g of icing sugar;
- • 600 g of purchased puff pastry;
- • 50 g of honey;
- • a couple of chicken eggs;
- • cinnamon on the tip of a knife;
- • 125 g walnuts;
- • chocolate chips;
- • salt.
Instructions
Step 1
First you need to separate the whites from the yolks. The yolks are useful for greasing the finished dish. Whisk and salt the whites. You will also need to add powdered sugar and cinnamon there. The best way to beat is with a mixer.
Step 2
Then you need to take the raisins and rinse them thoroughly. Put in a bowl and pour boiling water over. After which it should be rinsed and dried again. The walnuts will need to be broken and peeled. Cut the peeled nuts with a knife, but not too finely. Then you should prepare a frying pan and put it on the fire. Put the nuts there and fry them.
Step 3
The finished puff pastry must be divided into 3 equal-sized pieces. Take one piece and roll it out. You should get a layer for the entire baking sheet. Do the same with the two remaining parts of the test. On a baking sheet, prick each layer with a fork. The dough can be rolled out to an even larger size with a margin. Send the baking sheet to the oven for 15 minutes.
Step 4
Then lay out the cake, and put another in its place. Thus, you need to bake all three layers. Then the finished cake must be greased with whipped egg whites. Then spread the raisins and chocolate chips on top. Sprinkle nuts on top. Place another baked layer on top.
Step 5
The top of the second cake will also need to be greased with proteins and sprinkled with raisins, nuts and chocolate. Cover with a third layer on top. On the side, you need to fasten all the edges. You can fold or press them. From above you need to make cuts in the form of rhombuses.
Step 6
Then the cake must be greased with yolks. From above, you can decorate each diamond with a half of a nut. Baklava should be sent to a preheated oven for half an hour.
Step 7
In the meantime, it is necessary to prepare honey. It must be liquid. If it is candied, it will need to be melted in a water bath. Cut the finished praise to the end and pour it over with honey. Then immediately place the slices on a dish to prevent the honey from sticking.
