Baklava with pistachios. This Pistachio Baklava is one remarkable ending to the most special meal, whether in Ramadan or any time of the year. I have made baklava before in ways that stray far from tradition. Turkish Baklava is a well known traditional dessert.

It has a purity of flavor that, while still quite sweet. Buttery, flaky puff pastry soaked in honey and sugar with tender pistachios stuffed between layers of dough. This Baklava recipe reigns from Turkey were the best pistachios in. You can have Baklava with pistachios using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baklava with pistachios

You need 40 sheets of filo pastry.
Prepare 500 g of butter, I use the one in the glass jar.
You need 300 g of pistachios (from Aegina).
Prepare of Ingredients for the syrup.
It's 650 g of sugar.
It's 400 g of water.
Prepare 80 g of glucose syrup.

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Baklava with pistachios step by step

Melt the butter but don't let it brown..
Blend the pistachios in the blender into powder (if they are coarsely blended the baklava filo sheets will not stick together)..
Line an oblog baking tray of 30x45 cm with butter (you can use a baking tray in the dimensions that you have just make sure that it is relatively large) and spread out half the filo sheets brushing each one with butter..
Spread out the pistachios all over the baking tray and cover with the 20 remaining filo sheets brushing one by one with butter..
Place the baking tray into the fridge to cool so you can cut the pieces..
Cut into small square pieces, sprinkle with a little water so that they don't lift up while baking and bake in a very slow oven at 130-140οC for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours..
Remove from the oven and pour the syrup over it, hot..
To make the syrup, boil the sugar, water and glucose syrup for 3 minutes (count 3 minutes from the moment it starts to boil)..

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