Baklava belongs to oriental delicacies and is a very tasty dish made from dough, honey and walnuts. There are many recipes for this dish. For example, in Georgia, baklava is made from 40 layers of dough, and in Turkey from 10-15. The main feature of baklava preparation is the dough rolling technology. It should be very thin, just see through.
It is necessary
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- Pan
- enamel bowl
- rolling pin
- oven
- flour 700 grams
- 80 grams of butter
- 2 chicken eggs
- 200 milliliters of milk
- 40 grams of dry yeast
- 200 grams of powdered sugar
- 500 grams of walnuts
- 150 grams of honey.
Instructions
Step 1
Take sugar and mix it in an enamel bowl with dry yeast, then add salt and 200 grams of flour. After that, in a separate bowl, preferably not metal, beat the egg. Take sugar and mix it in an enamel bowl with dry yeast, then add salt and 200 grams of flour. After that, in a separate bowl, preferably not metal, beat the egg.
Step 2
Melt the butter in a water bath, add to the egg mixture and beat until smooth. Then, heat the milk in a small saucepan, bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Pour milk into the mixture and stir. Leave it on for 3-5 minutes.
Step 3
Pour the resulting solution into an enamel bowl and mix with dry dough components. You should get a mass that sticks to your hands. Add flour as needed, constantly kneading the dough. When it stops sticking, transfer the dough from the bowl to a cutting board or any other dry surface lightly floured, cover with a towel and let sit for 2 hours.
Step 4
Go ahead and prepare the filling. To do this, separate the whites from the yolks. Beat the whites with a whisk or mixer until thick. Determining the desired consistency is easy. During the raising of the whisk, liquid should not drain from it. Add powdered sugar to the contents and beat again until smooth. You can add 1 gram of salt to the whites to whip up better.
Step 5
Peel the walnuts and remove the kernels. Leave the halves of nuts, in the amount of 20 pieces for decoration, finely chop the rest with a knife and leave.
Step 6
After that, take the finished dough and divide it into 12-15 pieces. Roll each of them thoroughly with a rolling pin on a cutting board. You should get sheets no more than 1 millimeter thick.
Step 7
Take a baking sheet and brush it with vegetable oil. Spread the first layer of dough on top, brush it with whipped egg white and sprinkle with nuts, then lay the next layer of dough, and so on until all layers are stacked. Brush the last of them with whipped yolk.
Step 8
Take a sharp knife and cut the pie into pieces that look like diamonds or squares, or you can make triangles. Put halves of walnuts on each part and place in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees.
Step 9
After 45 minutes, take out the baklava and brush the entire surface with honey, put it in the oven again for 10 minutes and bring it to readiness. Remove the baking sheet and cool to room temperature. Baklava is ready!
