Ingredients
Method
How To Prepare The Syrup
- Combine the sugar, honey, water, lemon juice, and orange peel in a saucepan.
- Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and let cool. Discard the orange peel.
How To Prepare The Nuts
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small food processor, pulse the pistachios and walnuts into a fine grind.
- In a bowl, mix together the pistachios, walnuts, graham cracker crumbs, cinnamon, and kosher salt.
Assembling The Baklava
- Thaw the phyllo dough according to package instructions.
- Layer the phyllo dough in a 9x13 inch baking dish, brushing each layer with melted butter.
- Start out by place 8 sheets, each brushed with butter. This is your base layer.
- Next, spread half of the nut mixture evenly over the base layer of phyllo.
- Add 4 sheets of phyllo on top of the nut mixture being sure to brush each layer with butter.
- Spread the rest of the nut mixture over this layer of phyllo.
- Add the rest of the sheets of phyllo on top of this layer being sure to butter each layer in between.
- Now its time to cut the baklava into diamond shape pieces (see video below for an example), cutting all the way through to the bottom of the dish.
- Bake the baklava in the preheated oven for about 45-50 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the phyllo is crispy.
- Remove the baklava fro the oven and let it cool for about 10 minutes.
- Drizzle the cooled syrup evenly over the warm baklava.
- Let the baklava cool for approximately 6 hours before serving to allow the syrup to marinate.