Apples, nuts and Autumn spices rolled up in a crisp phyllo dough and baked to perfection.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword Apple Spiced Baklava
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 6servings
Equipment
Skillet with lid
Baking sheet pan
Basting brush
Ingredients
3tbspButter
2tbspOlive oil
1Lemon juice and zest
1/2cupSugar
1/4tspGround Cardamom
1/4tspGround Nutmeg
1/8tspGround Cloves
1/4tspSalt
1/2cupWalnuts or pecansrough chopped
1/4cupRaisins
5Apples peeled, cored and sliced thin
10Phyllo dough sheets
1tbspHoney
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350
In a large frying pan with a lid, melt butter with olive oil. Add the apples, lemon juice, sugar, and spices. Toss well and cook covered on medium for about 10 minutes. Remove cover and lower a bit to cook another 5 minutes, tossing occasionally. Turn off.
With a slotted spoon remove all the apples into a mixing bowl. Add nuts, raisins and lemon zest, toss and set aside.
Baste a stack of 10 sheets of phyllo dough with the juice in the pan from cooking the apples.
Lay a mound of cooked apple mixture in a log-shape at the long end of the stack of dough.
Roll it up, baste more liquid all around to hold it together nicely. Transfer to a parchment paper lined sheet pan. Make a few small slices at an angle on top of the dough, taking care not to cut through to the filling (this always makes phyllo easier to cut after it’s baked).
Bake for about 20-30 minutes or until golden on top.
Remove from the oven, finish cutting all the way through, and while it is still warm, drizzle honey across the top. Cool and serve.
Notes
A little dollop of mascarpone on top is delicious as would be whipped cream, or nothing at all!
When eating a day or two later, be certain to pop a slice into the oven for a few minutes to freshen up the crunch and warm the spice and apples.