蜜糖果仁千层酥 Baklava

A. 4 1/2 cups chopped walnuts ( pecan or pistachio)
1/2cup sugar ( I use 1/3cup blue agave)

B. 2 tablespoon lemon juice(if you like add zests)
1/2cup water

C. 1 cup butter (2 sticks) or brown butter

D.8 ounces filo dough 9"x14" ( thaw at room temperature about 2 hours)

Preheat the oven to 350F. Toast the nuts about 10 minutes, then chopped, mix with 1/2cup sugar.
Making brown butter: Melt butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan medium heat, there will have a lot of foam. As the butter cooked the foam will subside and the milk solids will coagulate into small but visible particles. After few minutes the particles of milk solids will brown. Immediately plunge the saucepan into a bowl of cold water to keep the butter from burning.----by James Peterson

Brush a pan with brown butter. Unroll the filo and immediately roll up and refreeze the filo you aren't using.
Place 1 sheet filo in the pan and brush with a thin brown butter or melt butter, then 3-5 more layers of filo, brush each filo. Spread 1/3 of nuts, cover with another 3-5 more filo( brush butter each filo), sprinkle another chopped nuts, then filo, then the left 1/3 nuts then 3-5 layers filo on the top. Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown on top.
Make the syrup. 1 cup of honey, 1/2cup water and lemon juice ( zests) in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and stir until thick. Let cool.
Ladle the syrup over the baklava. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for 1 hour.

4又1/2杯果仁（核桃，山核桃，开心果等等）
1/2杯糖粉（我用1/2杯的龙舌兰糖浆）
1杯蜂蜜，2大勺柠檬汁（柠檬皮屑），1/2杯水
1杯黄油（2条）
12 ounces filo dough


烤箱开到350F,生果仁烤大概10钟左右。把烤好的果仁压碎。


混上1/2的糖粉。我用的1/3龙舌兰糖浆。


2条黄油放在厚底锅里，在中火上融化。


有泡沫生成。再一会儿泡沫就消失了。


如果要做成棕色的黄油，就继续加热，直到你看到周边变成棕色，然后立刻把锅放在冷水里降温。


烤盘里刷上融化的黄油，拿出你需要的油酥皮（剩下的立刻包好，放回冰箱。因为filo会很快就干掉）。一层皮刷一遍黄油，用3-5层。我用的3层，感觉薄了一点。


铺上混了糖的1/3果仁。再盖上3-5层油酥皮（每层都要刷黄油），再来；一共三层果仁，最后上面再铺一层油酥皮。


第一次做的时候，没有先划开，直接烤，结果最后淋的糖浆不容易进去。这次先开了皮，糖浆倒是容易进去了，可是皮又不紧凑。烤箱350F烤30分钟左右，或者到表面深黄色。

制作糖浆：
1杯蜂蜜，1/2杯水。


2大勺柠檬汁，和皮屑。


把它们混合，在中火上煮成粘稠状。


Baklava烤好后，把糖浆淋上去。盖上盖子或者保鲜膜，晾凉。


这个热量比较高，一小块就够了。有糖尿病，减肥，脂肪层厚的同志我就不建议吃。果仁可以是混合，也可以单一用。