Apricot Baklava
photo by CoolMonday
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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25
ingredients
- 1 cup raisins (light or dark)
- 1⁄4 cup apricot flavored white wine
- 1 1⁄2 cups dried apricots, pressed down
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup white sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon white wine (from raisins)
- 1 cup cashews (chopped roughly)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 20 filo pastry (buy frozen and thaw before using)
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter, melted
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SYRUP
- 1⁄2 cup honey
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄4 cup water, reserved from apricots soak or 1/4 cup canned apricot nectar
- 1⁄2 cup white sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon wine, from raisins soak
directions
- Warm 3/4 cup wine in saucepan and remove from heat
- Add raisins and soak for 2 - 4 hours
- Put apricots in saucepan and cover with water
- Bring to boil and simmer for 40-45 minutes till very tender
- Drain and reserve liquid if any left
- Process apricots in food processor or mash till smooth
- Put in large bowl
- Add drained raisins, reserving the wine
- Mix in white sugar, cinnamon, 1/2 tsp wine (from the raisins), vanilla, brown sugar
- Allow to cool
- Mix in cashews
- Butter a 13X9X2 baking pan
- Open filo sheets and cut to size of pan
- Process one at a time keeping the rest covered
- Brush butter on top of one sheet and place in pan
- Repeat with 10 sheets one at a time and layer them in pan
- Cover last sheet with apricot mixture
- Cover with the next 10 filo sheets buttering each one as before
- Slice through the top layers diagonally to create diamonds
- Bake at 350 for 40 - 45 minutes till brown on top
- Put on rack to cool before adding syrup
- SYRUP
- In saucepan mix honey, water, nectar (reserved from apricots), sugar, vanilla and wine (from the raisins)
- Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes
- Allow to cool completely
- Drizzle on Baklava
- Cover and cool for several hours
- Best if cooled overnight
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Reviews
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VERY IMPRESSED with this. I omitted the white sugar, used fresh walnuts instead of cashews and instead of the sugar and water for the syrup, I blended a can of apricots in their own juice. OH MY GOSH - was it DIVINE and my guests all went back for seconds. Will be adding this to my favourites list. Thanks for sharing this recipe :)
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I love making (and eating!) the original baklava and had to give this a try. I used golden raisins and followed the recipe exactly. Easy to put together, and a very refreshing taste. The honey blends nicely with the apricot taste, and the cashews are a perfect match to both. Now I have a new dessert to put into my favorites!
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VERY IMPRESSED with this. I omitted the white sugar, used fresh walnuts instead of cashews and instead of the sugar and water for the syrup, I blended a can of apricots in their own juice. OH MY GOSH - was it DIVINE and my guests all went back for seconds. Will be adding this to my favourites list. Thanks for sharing this recipe :)
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CoolMonday
United States
Sadly, CoolMonday passed away on November 16, 2007. She will be missed by her many friends at Recipezaar; and we're grateful for the fond memories we have.
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