Leftover Phyllo Dough Easy Baklava Tart Recipe
Baklava recipes often have leftover, torn scraps of phyllo dough, so this baklava pie or tart recipe is the perfect dessert for leftover phyllo dough!
Servings 6 servings
Equipment
- Springform pan
- Food processor or blender
Ingredients
- 2-3 cups Phyllo sheets shredded
- 4 tbsp Butter melted
- 16 oz Walnuts or nut of choice
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Mace powdered
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom or cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 4 Egg whites
- 1 tbsp Orange peels grated
- 1 tbsp Orange juice
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 1/2 tsp Orange blossom or vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325Brush a little of the melted butter along the inside of the springform pan.
- With a sharp knife, slice the phyllo dough into thin strips. In a large mixing bowl, place the shredded sheets of phyllo dough, drizzle the melted butter over the pile, toss gently and transfer to the prepared springform pan. Pat down the dough or press with the back of a spoon, until if forms a firm tart base in the pan, bringing it up the sides of the pan by about 1/2 inch.
- In the bowl of a food processor, place the walnuts, sugar and spiced. Blitz a few times to crush the walnuts into a flour. Add the egg whites, orange rinds, extract and orange juice and blitz again to blend.
- Pour the baklava pie filling into the prepared tart crust. Bake for about 25 minutes or until the crust looks golden and filling is firm.
- Place the honey in a small saucepan, along with the orange blossom water or vanilla extract. Place over low heat just long enough to melt the honey and blend the extract into the honey. Do not boil.
- Spread the warm honey across the top of the baked baklava tart. The tart is best served at room temperature.
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Notes
Scraps of phyllo dough can be chopped, placed in an airtight container and stored in the freezer. Add to the collection of troublesome phyllo sheets until you have enough to use.