Crimean honey baklava
Crispy honey baklava the color of the sun over the Crimean land.
It is a popular confection made of puff pastry with nuts in syrup, widely spread in the cuisines of Eastern nations - Turkish, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Lezghin and Arabic. But Crimean Tatar baklava is something special. Traditionally, baklava is served during the spring holiday Novruz.
Ingredients
| milk 250 ml |
| vodka 2 tbsp. |
| butter 70 g |
| sour cream 50 g |
| dough leavener 1 tsp. |
| salt 1 pinch |
| flour 500 g |
| vegetable oil (for deep frying baklava) 500 ml |
| SYRUP: |
| water 200 ml |
| sugar 250 g |
| honey 1 tbsp. |
| SPRINKLES: |
| chopped walnuts 50 g |
Instructions
Step 1
Mix milk, vodka, melted butter and sour cream until smooth.
Step 2
Add the baking powder, salt, flour, knead the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes.
Step 3
After this time, divide the dough into 4 parts, roll out very thinly and leave for 10 minutes to dry out a little.
Step 4
Roll each sheet of dough into a roll, cut diagonally into pieces 2 centimeters wide. Unroll the tortillas and deep-fry until browned.
Step 5
Place the baklava on paper towels to get rid of excess oil.
Step 6
Prepare the syrup. Stir in the water and boil for 5 minutes without stirring.
Step 7
Remove the syrup from the stove, add the honey and stir.
Step 8
Bathe the baklava in the syrup, sprinkle with chopped walnuts and serve.
