Baklava baked apples
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 4 apples I’ve used red delicious.
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecan.
- ½ cup chopped pistachios.
- 3 Tablespoons honey.
- 3-4 sheets of phyllo dough.
- 3 Tablespoon unsalted butter.
Add ons:
- 1 Tablespoon orange blossom water or
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom.
- 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- In a pan over medium heat melt 1 tablespoon of butter then add both walnuts and pistachios, stir for 3 minutes until lightly roasted.
- Remove from heat then add honey and whatever add-ons you want.
- Core the apples leaving enough at the base for the filling.*
- Fill each apple with the nut mixture and pressing firmly.**
- Add the apples to a wide enough pan to hold them all and pour about a cup of water to the bottom of the pan.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until the apples are soft but not mushy.
- Meanwhile, shred the phyllo dough then add the remaining butter to a pan over medium heat. Add the shredded phyllo and stir until the pieces turn golden brown.
- Sprinkle shredded phyllo on top of the apples and drizzle with some honey.
- Serve immediately with the remaining phyllo and filling on the side.
- Enjoy!!
Notes
* I cored mine a little wider to get more space for the filling. You can either eat the apple pieces that you will get off or do as I did and add them to the filling. ** I’ve made extra filling, almost used half of the amount, so I can serve them to the side and they were great specially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.