Apple Baklava

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Filo dough - thawed
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Melted butter
2		Lemons - juiced and zested
4 tablespoons	60ml	Honey
2 teaspoons	10ml	Cinnamon
3 cups	438g / 15oz	Diced Granny Smith apples
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Chopped toasted walnuts
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Chopped toasted pistachios
1 1/2 cups	297g / 10oz	Sugar
1/2 cup	118ml	Honey
1		Water
1		Lemon rind

Recipe Instructions

On a sheetpan lined with parchment paper, lay down 1 sheet of filo and brush with butter. Repeat process with 3 more sheets. Cover remaining sheets with damp towel and set aside.

To make filling place the lemon juice and zest, honey, cinnamon, apples, and chopped nuts in a pan and gently heat for 3 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Spread 1/3 of mixture onto buttered filo stack. Top apple mixture with another stack of buttered filo. Repeat process until mixture and filo is gone (there should be 3 layers). Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour.  Mix sugar, honey, water and lemon and bring to simmer. Remove lemon rind and pour over baklava. Let soak overnight, cut into squares and serve.

Source:
"MELTING POT with Michael Symon - (Show # MP-1A16) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK"

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