Hello, dear readers! It's been a while since my last blog post, but I'm thrilled to be back!
Ready to share some new, easy, and incredibly delicious recipes with you. Today, I'm bringing you a delightful treat – homemade Baklavas.
One of the reasons I love this recipe is its sheer simplicity. You can whip up a batch of 10 large, loaded baklavas in just an hour.
My Personal Notes:
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Almond Prep: I used whole raw almonds with the skins on and used a Nutribullet to grind them into an almond meal. You don't need to make it super fine; leaving some larger almond chunks won't affect the outcome.
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Orange Choice: While I used a naval orange for this recipe because of its scent, any regular orange will work just fine.
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Baking Rings vs. Without: I tried two batches – one with baking rings and one without. Both turned out okay; the dough didn't unfold without the rings. But, admittedly, the ones with the rings looked a bit better.
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Enhanced Flavor: To extract more aromatic oils, I recommend rubbing the orange zest with the sugar before using it.
Enjoy!
Orange Almond Baklava
Servings: 10 Large Baklavas
Keywords:
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 1 hours 0 mins
Ingredients
- 100 Grams Melted butter
- 200 Grams Raw almonds
- 10 Sheets Phyllo dough
- 50-75 Grams Sugar, depending of your sweetness preference.
- Pinch of Salt
- Zest Of 1 Orange
Instructions
Baklavas
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and prepare a baking sheet.
- In a food processor, pulse the raw almonds until you have a coarse almond meal.
- In a bowl, combine the sugar and half of the orange zest. Rub them together to release the aromatic oils. Then add the Almond meal and salt to the mixture.
- Lay one sheet of phyllo dough on a clean surface and brush it generously with melted butter.
- Sprinkle a portion of the almond mixture (the pulsed almonds, sugar, and salt) evenly over the phyllo sheet.
- Carefully roll the phyllo sheet into a cylinder shape, similar to a cigarette.
- Place the prepared baklava on the baking sheet. Repeat steps 5 to 7 for the remaining phyllo sheets, creating a total of 10 baklavas.
- Once all the baklavas are assembled, brush them once again with melted butter.
- Bake the baklavas in the preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes, or until they turn a golden hue.
- While the baklavas are baking, you can prepare the finishing touch: the orange simple syrup.
Orange Simple Syrup
- In a small saucepan, combine 40 grams of sugar, 26 grams of water. Bring to a boil.
- Let it boil for 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and add orange zest.
- As soon as the baklavas come out of the oven, brush the orange simple syrup evenly over them.