Authentic Baklava Recipe; Baklava Rolls

Perfect dessert for your next party, a quick and easy fix for your baklava crave. Crunchy, buttery layers of phyllo dough stuffed with spiced nuts and drizzled with simple syrup. A fun party spin on a Mediterranean favorite recipe.

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Ingredients

▢1 cup roasted unsalted pistachios meat.
▢1 -2 teaspoons orange blossom water.
▢3 Tablespoons simple syrup.
▢1/2 1lb package of phyllo dough, about 18 sheets.
▢1/2 cup unsalted butter melted

For the Syrup Ingredients:
▢1 cup sugar.
▢1/2 cup water.
▢1/2 teaspoon lime juice.
▢1/4 cup honey.
▢1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.

Instructions
Make the syrup:
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine syrup ingredeints until it boils, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Set aside to cool completely.

Make the filling:
In your food processor, pulse the pistachios until finely ground. Add simple syrup and the orange blossom water to the pistachios and mix well until you get a sticky coarse paste.

Assemble the rolls:
Preheat oven to 320F
On a clean working surface, take two sheets of phyllo dough out, brush lightly with melted butter using pastry brush. Spoon about 1 1/2 Tablespoons of the filling and form a log on the short side of the sheet and roll all the way through.
Brush the finished roll with more butter and place in a baking sheet.
Bake in oven until top is golden brown, about 40 minutes depending on your oven.
Pour 1/2 to 1 cup of simple syrup over and let it cool completely, preferable overnight if you can.
Take phyllo cigars out, cut into 2 or 4 equal parts.
Serve and enjoy!.
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