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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a small skillet, melt butter over low heat. | 2. Let stand a few minutes. | 3. Skim off and discard white foam from top and do not use any milky residue that sinks to bottom. | 4. The clear yellow liquid is clarified butter. | 5. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 6. In a medium bowl, combine pecans, cinnamon, 1/4 cup sugar, and chocolate chips. | 7. Mix well. | 8. Open and stack phyllo sheets on a damp towel. | 9. Cover with a damp towel to prevent drying out. | 10. Brush a 12x18-inch sheet cake pan with clarified butter. | 11. Layer half of phyllo sheets (about 10 x 12) in pan, brushing each sheet with butter. | 12. Spread half of nut mixture evenly over layered phyllo sheets. | 13. Brush next phyllo sheet on both sides with butter, then place on top of nuts. | 14. Add 5 or 6 more phyllo sheets, brushing each sheet with butter. | 15. Top with the remaining nut mixture. | 16. Butter next phyllo sheet on both sides and place on top of the nuts. | 17. Top with remaining phyllo sheets, brushing each with butter. | 18. Using a sharp knife, cut pastry into 50 diamond-shaped pieces. | 19. Do not remove pastry from pan. | 20. Brush top with remaining clarified butter. | 21. Bake 40 to 50 minutes, or until golden. | 22. About 30 minutes before baklava is finished baking, in a small saucepan, combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar and orange juice. | 23. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring often. | 24. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes. | 25. Stir in vanilla. | 26. Pour hot orange syrup over hot baklava as soon as it is removed from oven. | 27. Let stand until cool, 4 hours or overnight. | 28. When baklava is cool, drizzle Thin Chocolate Glaze on top. | 29. Allow glaze to set up before serving. | 30. Baklava may be kept, covered, 4 to 5 days at room temperature. | 31. Freeze for longer storage. | 32. To make the Thin Chocolate Glaze------------------.

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	2	cups	unsalted	85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
pecan	4	cups	chopped	1145.3867	214.65599999999998	23.5733	24.128
cinnamon	2	teaspoons	ground	-	-	-	-
sugar	3/4	cup		604.485	151.197	0.0	0.0
chocolate chip	1	cup	semi-sweet melted	-	-	-	-
phyllo dough	1	package		-	-	-	-
orange juice	3/4	cup		83.7	19.344	1.3019999999999998	0.37200000000000005
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
chocolate	2	ounces	semisweet	32.8854	5.3694	1.168	0.8165
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2

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