Copenhagen Baklava

Name: Copenhagen Baklava
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: Many
Ingredients: Phyllo dough: 500 g; Butter, softened: 300 g; Powder sugar: 150 g; Large eggs: 4; All purpose flour: 100 g; Baking powder: 1; Vanilla: 2; Lemons: 2; Rum: 50 mL; Caster sugar: 150 g; Walnuts, chopped: 250 g; Sunflower oil; Sugar: 700 g; Water: 750 mL

Not a traditional recipe for baklava, but equally good.

2 h
Serves 0
Medium

Ingredients

500 g Phyllo dough
300 g Butter, softened
150 g Powder sugar
4 Large eggs
100 g All purpose flour
1 Baking powder
2 Vanilla
2 Lemons
50 mL Rum
150 g Caster sugar
250 g Walnuts, chopped
+ more to sprinkle on the phyllo dough
Sunflower oil
to grease the baking pan
700 g Sugar
750 mL Water

Directions

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Steps

1 Done	Brown layer: From 2 eggs, separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites and beat them into a firm foam.
2 Done	In another bowl, beat together the powder sugar and 150 g butter. Add the egg yolks and beat until you get a foamy mix. Add the flour, baking powder, vanilla, lemon zest from 1 lemon and rum.
3 Done	Using a spatula add the egg white foam to the foamy mixture. Mix gently until all ingredients combine.
4 Done	Yellow layer: In a mixing bowl, beat together 2 eggs and caster sugar. Add the chopped walnuts and mix everything.
5 Done	Assembly: Grease the bottom of a baking pan with sunflower oil. Put 1/3 of the phyllo dough. Sprinkle a little sunflower oil and some chopped walnuts. Add the yellow layer. Put 1/3 of the phyllo dough. Sprinkle a little more sunflower oil and some chopped walnuts. Add the brown layer. On top of the brown layer place the last third of the phyllo dough.
6 Done	Baking: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees C.
7 Done	Cut the baklava in pieces. In a frying pan bring the rest of the butter to boil. Pour the butter over the baklava.
8 Done	Bake the baklava at 250 degrees C for 10 min. Lower the temperature to 150 degrees C and bake for approximately 30 min. Leave the baklava in the hot oven for 10 min.
9 Done	Sugar sauce: While the baklava is baking, prepare the sugar sauce. In a pot put together the sugar, water, 1 vanilla, as well as zest and juice from 1 lemon. Bring to boil for 10 min.
10 Done	Let the sugar sauce cool a little. Pour it over the baklava.
11 Done	Serving: Serve warm.