Chocolate Baklava
Chocolate baklava features layers of crisp, buttery phyllo dough, crunchy nuts, and chocolate, all drenched in a luscious espresso honey syrup.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces roasted & salted pistachio nuts
- 8 ounces chopped almonds
- 1 (12 oz.) bag semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- grated zest of 1 lemon
- 1 roll (20 sheets) Athens Fillo Dough, thawed
- 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, melted
- 1 ¾ cups water
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
- juice of ½ lemon
- ¾ cup honey
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°.
- Place pistachio nuts in food processor; pulse until chopped. Add almonds, chocolate chips, ½ cup of sugar, cinnamon and lemon zest; pulse until nuts and chocolate are finely chopped and same size.
- Unwrap fillo dough and cover with a damp paper towel.
- Butter a 9-by-13-inch metal baking pan.
- Butter and stack 10 sheets of fillo into the pan.
- Sprinkle about 2 cups of the filling over the fillo. Gently shake the pan to even the layer of filling.
- Butter and stack 4 more fillo sheets and place over the filling.
- Sprinkle on another 2 cups of the filling.
- Top with 4 more buttered and stacked sheets of fillo and 2 more cups of filling.
- Butter and stack remaining sheets of fillo dough and place over the filling.
- Brush top generously with butter.
- Cut through all layers into about 3-inch squares and then cut each square into 2 triangles.
- Bake for 25 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 300° and bake for 50 minutes longer or until until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, in medium saucepan, bring the water, espresso powder, lemon juice, honey and remaining 1 ½ cups of sugar to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Carefully pour the hot syrup evenly over the hot baklava and let stand for several hours or as long as overnight until completely cool.
Notes
For best results: defrost phyllo dough per package instructions and keep phyllo covered with a damp cloth or plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 pieceCalories: 165kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 0.1mgSodium: 39mgPotassium: 127mgFiber: 2gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 28IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg
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