How to Make Smart Cookie's Pistachio Walnut Baklava

How to Make Smart Cookie's Pistachio Walnut Baklava

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesHow to Make Smart Cookie's Pistachio Walnut Baklava

Baklava is an age-old Mediterranean dessert recipe made with paper-thin sheets of filo pastry layered with ground pistachios and walnuts sugar and spices and more layers of buttery filo pastry. And after it’s baked it’s all drizzled with a honey syrup laced with orange blossom water.

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Does that all sound overly rich and luxurious? It is. But luckily it's actually quite easy to make.

MasterChef alumnus Elise Mayfield aka Smart Cookie shares her baklava recipe and we share Smart Cookie's top tips for working with filo pastry (you can easily find frozen filo pastry in the supermarket) to create the sweet nutty layers and making the honey syrup for the finishing touch to this delicious dessert.

Get the recipe: Pistachio Walnut Baklava