# Mama’s Baklava

This recipe shows how to make a delicious baklava using filo pastry, konafah dough, nuts, and a special syrup.

- Servings: 24 servings
- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 sheets Filo pastry sheets
- 1 kilo Konafah dough
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp ghee or butter
- 1 Nuts of your choice
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 sachet vanillin powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 tbsp orange blossom water
- 2 sachets vanillin powder
- 0.5 lemon
- 1 tbsp ghee

## Instructions

1. Put 2 tbsp of powdered sugar and 2 tbsp of ghee on the Konafah dough.
2. Spread the mixture in the oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes until it browns.
3. Mix 1 tsp honey and 1 vanillin powder with the nuts of your choice.
4. Place a filo pastry sheet on a plate, brush it with ghee, and add a layer of the konafah mixture and then a layer of the nuts mixture.
5. Roll the filo pastry tightly and cut into equal sizes.
6. Arrange the rolls in a baking tray and brush with ghee.
7. Bake at 200 degrees until golden brown.
8. Prepare the syrup by combining 2 cups of sugar, 2 cups of water, 1 tbsp of orange blossom water, 2 vanillin powders, half a lemon, and 1 tbsp of ghee.
9. Boil the syrup until thickened, then remove from heat and stir in an additional tbsp of ghee.
10. Pour the cold syrup over the baked baklava and sprinkle with nuts.

## Equipment

- oven
- plate
- spoon
- pastry brush

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C43vqk-Mj9y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/26716997-5610-437e-b26a-cf65f89fbb33
- Extracted: 2025-04-20

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