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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F Mix walnuts, sugar and spices; set aside. (To finely chop the nuts, place them along with the sugar in a food processor container and cover. Process until the nuts are finely chopped.). | 2. Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup of the honey and the vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time beating well after each addition. | 3. Place layers of the phyllo sheets in a 13x9 inch baking pan, brushing each layer with the melted butter and sprinkling a rounded tablespoon full of the walnut mixture over every other layer of phyllo. After all the layers are done, spread the top with the cream cheese mixture. (NOTE - to keep the phyllo from drying out, keep them covered with a sheet of plastic wrap or parchment and a damp towel until ready to use.). | 4. Bake 25-30 minutes or until the cream cheese mixture is set. | 5. Heat the remaining 1/4 cup of honey and drizzle over the baklava. | 6. Cool to room temperature. | 7. Cut into squares and serve. | 8. Storage know how - Cover with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator up to 2 days. For best flavour, remove from refrigerator about 30 minutes before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
walnut	1	cup	chopped	1927.12	0.0	0.0	218.0
sugar	1/4	cup		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
cream cheese	500		g softened	41816.25	496.125	1006.425	4054.05
honey	1/2	cup	divided	-	-	-	-
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
phyllo pastry	12	sheets	thawed cut	-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup	melted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6

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