Huffington Magazine Issue 38 | Page 75

Exit > BAKLAVA LAYER INGREDIENTS ■ 3  ■ ■ ■ ounces (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted 1 6 sheets of phyllo pastry 1 cup pistachio, toasted and ground  range-scented syrup O (tap here for recipe) DIRECTIONS 1. Fold phyllo sheets in half along the long edge. Use cake pan as template and cut out 8-inch circles, roughly 1-inch wider than the pan on all sides. Cover phyllo with damp towel. 2. Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350˚F. Brush two 6-by-2-inch round cake pans with melted butter. Place one sheet of phyllo in one pan and fold in edges to fit the pan. Brush with melted butter. Continue this layering and brushing until you have 8 layers of pastry. 3. Scatter ground pistachio over the pastry and continue the layering and buttering for 8 more layers. Repeat process with the second pan. Place pan in oven and bake until golden brown and crisp on top, about 30-35 minutes. Remove pan from oven and slowly drizzle 1/4 cup of syrup into each pan. Set aside to cool completely. 4. While baklava layers are baking, roughly tear/ chop up leftover phyllo into chards and brush generously with butter. Spread pastry chards on parchment lined baking sheet. When baklava are done, place baking pan in oven and bake until golden brown, about 18-25 minutes.  EAT THIS HUFFINGTON 03.03.13