Baklava Cheesecake
Directions
- 1Make syrup by combining water, sugar, cloves, cinnamon stick, lemon zest and half of the lemon juice in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then turn off the heat.
- 2Butter the bottom and sides of a baking pan and line it with a phyllo pastry sheet. Press it down and brush it with more melted butter.
- 3Layer several more phyllo sheets, brushing each with butter, until you have formed a pastry base.
- 4Trim the edges of the pastry and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 15 minutes.
- 5Mix together crushed walnuts, pistachios, icing sugar, cinnamon, cloves, melted butter and syrup.
- 6Spread the nut mixture into the baked pastry base.
- 7Prepare the cheesecake mixture by beating together cream cheese, sugar, Greek yogurt, flour, vanilla, the remaining lemon juice, and three eggs.
- 8Pour the cheesecake mixture over the nut layer.
- 9Cover with more phyllo sheets and butter each layer. Cut slits into the top layer.
- 10Add cloves on top of the pastry.
- 11Bake the cheesecake at 160°C (320°F) for 70 minutes.
- 12Pour the warm syrup over the baked cheesecake while still hot. Let cool and refrigerate before serving.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 package phyllo pastry sheets
- 250 grams butter
- 100 grams crushed walnuts
- 100 grams crushed pistachios
- 50 grams sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons syrup
- 500 grams cream cheese
- 200 grams sugar
- 150 grams Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 0.5 lemon
- 3 eggs
Equipment
baking panwhiskgraterlemon juicermixing bowloven
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