Walnut Baklava by Laurent Mariotte

Ingredients

8 servings

• 1 pack of filo pastry sheets
• 300 g walnuts
• 150 g butter
• 200 g acacia honey
• 50 g light brown cane sugar
• 15 cl orange blossom water
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/2 glass of water
• grey sea salt

Steps

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a saucepan.

2. 2

   Finely grind the walnuts and add the light brown cane sugar. Pour into a bowl, add a third of the melted butter, 2 tbsp of orange blossom water, 2 tbsp of honey, and a small pinch of fine salt. Mix everything together to obtain a homogeneous paste.

3. 3

   Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F).

4. 4

   Take a rectangular ovenproof dish and cut 5 sheets of phyllo dough to the size of the dish.

5. 5

   Butter each sheet with a brush and place at the bottom of the dish. Fill with half of the walnut paste and repeat the operation.

6. 6

   Close this assembly with 5 buttered phyllo sheets, sprinkle with cinnamon. Cut diamonds into this “mille-feuille” and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

7. 7

   Heat the honey with the remaining orange blossom water and the half glass of water.

8. 8

   Cover the baklava with this mixture as it comes out of the oven and let it cool and rest overnight. Enjoy the next day with an aromatic tea!