BOUREKAKIA (BAKLAVA 'CIGARS')
These are great and keep a long time. Not as sweet as traditional baklava as they are not soaked in syrup, merely dusted with powdered sugar. *Please note that a few of the ingredients are showing up incorrectly on the recipe page and is not fixable currently. The following amounts are what should appear: Syrup: 1 1/4 cups sugar 3/4 cup water 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon honey (preferably, Greek Thyme) 3 cinnamon sticks 3 whole cloves Filling: 3 cups ground walnuts 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 2 egg whites, room temperature, beaten to consistency of mayonnaise 1 lb phyllo pastry 1 cup butter, melted icing sugar
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h25m
Yield 42 pieces
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- For syrup: Cook all ingredients in saucepan over low heat, swirling pan occasionally, until sugar dissolves, then boil 15 minutes.
- Cool completely; strain.
- For filling: Combine walnuts, cinnamon and cloves.
- Blend in 1 cup syrup and whites (mixture should not be too stiff; add up to ¼ cup additional syrup, if necessary.).
- To assemble: Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut phyllo into 5 x 8 inch strips.
- Cover with plastic wrap and a damp towel until ready to use.
- Take a strip and brush it lightly with melted butter.
- Spread 1 heaping teaspoon of filling along narrow edge.
- Fold in sides ½ inch toward center; brush sides lightly with butter; roll up tightly.
- Repeat with remaining strips.
- Arrange seam side down on baking sheet.
- Brush with remaining butter.
- (They can be frozen at this point � increase baking time to 30-35 minutes if baking them frozen).
- Bake until golden and crisp, 20-25 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Dust lightly with powdered sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 134.1, Fat 8.8, SaturatedFat 3.3, Cholesterol 11.6, Sodium 86.2, Carbohydrate 12.9, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 6.5, Protein 1.9
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