I'm posting this in anticipation of New Year - I think baklava would make a kick-ass addition to a New Year's party spread, and I'm not just saying that because I'm currently in Istanbul!
A somewhat non-traditional festive item, I was inspired by some leftover filo pastry (see: Christmas samosas). I love baklava but have never had the nerve to make my own. UNTIL NOW!
A somewhat non-traditional festive item, I was inspired by some leftover filo pastry (see: Christmas samosas). I love baklava but have never had the nerve to make my own. UNTIL NOW!
This, for me, is the perfect antidote to the normal
Christmas fare. As much as I love my tins of garishly coloured and highly
flavoured chocolates (and I do, the wrappers in my bin tell a tale..), these delicate, nutty, nibbly, shiny, sticky morsels are
just perfection, and made an epic Christmas day dessert!
They’re fairly easy to make as long as you pre-buy your
filo, which is totally acceptable because Mary Berry does it, damnit! I did
find mine a little sticky and tricky to extricate from the pan, but it wasn’t
the end of the world.
Also, I’ve gone a bit non-traditional by adding cinnamon
(because it’s Christmas) and orange juice (instead of orange blossom, because I
didn’t think ahead and buy it), and cooking a bit more after the syrup has been
placed on. I have it on good authority that this is key to a good pastry.
