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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Warm 3/4 cup wine in saucepan and remove from heat | 2. Add raisins and soak for 2 - 4 hours | 3. Put apricots in saucepan and cover with water | 4. Bring to boil and simmer for 40-45 minutes till very tender | 5. Drain and reserve liquid if any left | 6. Process apricots in food processor or mash till smooth | 7. Put in large bowl | 8. Add drained raisins, reserving the wine | 9. Mix in white sugar, cinnamon, 1/2 tsp wine (from the raisins), vanilla, brown sugar | 10. Allow to cool | 11. Mix in cashews | 12. Butter a 13X9X2 baking pan | 13. Open filo sheets and cut to size of pan | 14. Process one at a time keeping the rest covered | 15. Brush butter on top of one sheet and place in pan | 16. Repeat with 10 sheets one at a time and layer them in pan | 17. Cover last sheet with apricot mixture | 18. Cover with the next 10 filo sheets buttering each one as before | 19. Slice through the top layers diagonally to create diamonds | 20. Bake at 350 for 40 - 45 minutes till brown on top | 21. Put on rack to cool before adding syrup | 22. SYRUP | 23. In saucepan mix honey, water, nectar (reserved from apricots), sugar, vanilla and wine (from the raisins) | 24. Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes | 25. Allow to cool completely | 26. Drizzle on Baklava | 27. Cover and cool for several hours | 28. Best if cooled overnight | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
raisin	1	cup		498.3	131.208	5.5935	0.759
white wine	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
apricot	1 1/2	cups		111.6	25.854	3.255	0.9068
cinnamon	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
white sugar	1/2	cup		387.0	99.98	0.0	0.0
white wine	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cashew	1	cup	chopped	-	-	-	-
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
brown sugar	1/4	cup		209.0	53.9495	0.066	0.0
filo pastry	20			-	-	-	-
butter	3/4	cup	unsalted melted	1026.0	47.141999999999996	32.058	86.4
honey	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1/4	cup	canned	138.0	3.324	1.374	14.304
white sugar	1/2	cup		387.0	99.98	0.0	0.0
vanilla	1/2	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
wine	1	teaspoon		0.95	0.0135	0.002	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.