Simple Baklava

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Greek Fusion

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (36)

Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
24 baklava pieces

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 50 min

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Ingredients

1/2 cup almonds
1/2 cup walnuts
1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
1/4 cup plain bread crumbs
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Pinch of salt
1 stick butter, melted, divided
3 tablespoons honey
12 sheets phyllo dough

Directions

Special equipment: 2 mini-muffin tins

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place the almonds, walnuts, apricots, bread crumbs, sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves, and salt in a food processor. Run the machine until the mixture is very finely chopped. Transfer the mixture to a small bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of the melted butter and the honey and stir to combine.

On a dry work surface place 1 sheet of phyllo. Using a pastry brush and the remaining melted butter, lightly cover the entire sheet of phyllo with melted butter. Cover the first sheet with a second sheet of phyllo and brush with melted butter. Continue until there is a stack of 6 sheets of phyllo. Cut the stacked phyllo rectangle into 12 equal pieces (Cut lengthwise into 4 pieces and widthwise into 3 pieces.)

Gently press each cut piece of phyllo into the mini-muffin tin cups. Press 1 tablespoon of the nut mixture into each of the phyllo cups. Gather the ends of each of the phyllo squares and twist to make a sachet shape. Continue shaping the remaining sachets in the other mini-muffin tin. Bake until the edges of the phyllo are golden, about 20 to 25 minutes. When cool enough to handle, remove the baklava sachets and transfer to a serving plate.

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recipe Simple Baklava
MARY ANN Murray, UT 11-05-2009
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Wrong picture
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

You've got the picture for the fried mott, and not the Simple Baklava.
recipe Simple Baklava
Jim mIAMI, FL 10-29-2009
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simple baklava
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

HMMMMMMMM....The picture and the recipe are not the same.The picture is of fried Phylo and smoked mozzarela with honey and... figs.Yet the recipe is of something else? am i wrong or confused. Both recipes are amazing.Just the pics are not of each otherRead more
recipe Simple Baklava
Cristina Sun City, CA 09-17-2009
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LOVE GIADA - BUT THIS WAS OK
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I FOLLOWED THE RECIPE EXACTLY - ALTHOUGH EASY ... PHYLLO WAS A BIT CHALLENGING TO WORK WITH BUT GOT BETTER WITH 2ND... BATCH. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE STRONG TASTE OF GROUND CLOVE, LEAVE IT OUT - I FOUND IT TO BE A BIT TOO STRONG - NEXT TIME I WILL LEAVE IT OUT THIS WAS GOOD, BUT NOT GREAT !!! LOVE GIADA Read more
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Denise Steamboat Springs, CO 09-07-2009
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My modifications
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This sounded yummy but I'm a total chocoholic... plus needed to deal with what I had on hand. I made it with almond and... pecans, and instead of apricots, used mini-chocolate chips. Took it to a party, it was a huge hit, I will definitely make it again!Read more
recipe Simple Baklava
Aliyia Lumberton, NJ 07-18-2009
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great
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

THis was a wonderful quickly put together recipe...I did use the phyllo cups though, which I felt were worth it, made it for... a friend and she loved them!Read more
recipe Simple Baklava
D. Nashville, TN 07-13-2009
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Easy elegant no-bake summer treat
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Absolutely delicious and versatile recipe. It doesn't taste like traditional baklava to me, more like the same flavors in a... lighter, healthier version. I used phyllo cups as another reviewer did, to make it easier and lower in fat, added more honey and next time will add more spice. This recipe makes somewhere between 12 and 24 cups. Perfect summer party dish! Read more