Lyle’s Sticky Delicious Baklava Recipe

Name: Lyle’s Sticky Delicious Baklava Recipe
Yield: 10+
Ingredients: 250 g Butter, melted; 350 g Walnuts; 150 g Pistacio; 1 tsp Ground cinnamon to taste; 16 Sheets of filo pastry; 8 tbsp Lyle’s Golden Syrup; 200 g Fairtrade Tate & Lyle Golden Caster Cane Sugar; 250 ml Water; 1 Lemon

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Prep

20 min

Bake

1hr

Serves

10+

Difficulty

Medium

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Looking for an easy baklava recipe? Look no further! This deliciously sticky dessert with light, flakey layers of filo pastry and a sweet nut filling is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth! Watch out though, once you know how to make baklava, your friends and family will be wanting you to make it for them all the time

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Lyle’s Golden Syrup Tin

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Follow this 13-step easy baklava recipe to make your scrumptiously sticky dessert!

HOW TO MAKE BAKLAVA

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Butter the bottom and sides of a 23x33cm baking dish.

Step 2

Boil Tate & Lyle Golden Caster sugar and water until sugar is dissolved. Add Lyle’s Golden Syrup and lemon peel.

Step 3

Simmer for 15-20 minutes, then remove from heat and set aside to cool (for a minimum of 2 hours).

Step 4

Add nuts and cinnamon to a bowl, mix well and set aside (Reserve 30g pistachio nuts to sprinkle on top).

Step 5

Unroll filo pastry and trim to fit the baking dish.

Step 6

Cover the remaining filo pastry with a damp tea towel to keep it from drying out.

Step 7

Line the bottom of the baking dish with two sheets of filo and brush top layer with the melted butter

Step 8

Repeat until you have 6 sheets of pastry layered.

Step 9

Sprinkle over 3-4 tablespoons of chopped nuts. Top with a further two sheets of filo and butter. Repeat twice more.

Step 10

Place another two sheets on top and butter, then place the final two sheets and butter once again.

Step 11

Using a sharp knife, cut into diamond or square shapes all the way to the bottom of the dish. Bake for about 50 minutes or until Baklava is golden and crisp.

Step 12

Remove Baklava from oven and immediately pour the cooled syrup sauce over it (with the lemon peel removed).

Step 13

Leave to cool uncovered.