Submitted by Jess Pedley
Pistachio Baklava
Serving: 12
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/3 cup butter melted
- 10 sheets filo pastry
- 1 cup pistachios chopped fine but not too fine
- 3/4 cup honey
- 3/4 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat slow cooker on high while you prepare the baklava.
- mix pistachios 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon in a bowl well and set aside.
- I made a tin out of tin foil as do not have one to fit.
- In the tin layer the first sheet of filo and brush with butter. Repeat this until you have layered 5 sheets in the tin.
- Add the pistachio mix, then cover with the remaining 5 sheets of filo again each time brushing with butter.
- Add to slow cooker and cook on high for 1 hour with tea towel under the lid. Check every 20 minutes.
- Once cooked turn off slow cooker and remove lid
- In a microwave safe bowl mix 3/4 cup sugar, honey, water and heat in microwave for 10 minutes stirring every 2.
- Cool syrup in fridge then pour over baklava.
- Enjoy!
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