# @kalejunkie on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CoCu3MUr1k1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36610089-kalejunkie-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-30T14:29:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nicole Keshishian | KALEJUNKIE® (@kalejunkie) — https://gondola.cc/kalejunkie

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You need to make THE BEST EVER PISTACHIO WALNUT BAKLAVA from @kalejunkie and @erinnobrienn! No trip to LA would be complete without visiting my best friends Erin and Andrew, and we couldn’t wait to share this EASY baklava recipe with you. No need to spend hours in the kitchen, because IT ONLY LOOKS FANCY!⁣
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Note: we know that every Middle Eastern has their own traditional method and special way of making baklava, this just happens to be OUR spin on it. If your grandma made it another way and you don’t like ours, stick to that. Or try something new! 🫶🏻⁣
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Ingredients ⁣
1 pound box of phyllo dough, 9x14 sheets, room temp⁣
¾ cup melted butter (or ghee/clarified butter for a more traditional version)⁣
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Nut mixture/filling:⁣
2 cups pistachios⁣
1 cup walnuts⁣
½ cup sugar⁣
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Honey simple syrup⁣
1 cup sugar⁣
¾ cup water⁣
⅓ cup honey⁣
1 tsp lemon zest⁣
1 tsp vanilla extract⁣
1 tb rose water⁣
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First, make the syrup: add the sugar, water, honey, and lemon zest in a small sauce pan over medium-high heat. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to simmer, stirring until sugar is dissolved and mixture is thickened, about 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat. Add rose water and vanilla and set aside to cool.⁣
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Next, make the nut mixture: in a food processor, add pistachios, walnuts and sugar and pulse, leaving some texture.⁣
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Next, preheat oven to 350F. Brush bottom of a 9x13 baking pan with melted butter. Open the phyllo dough box, there should be two rolls. Cut off two inches of each roll so that it fits inside the baking dish. ⁣
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Lay one stack of phyllo in the dish, followed by 3/4 of the nut mixture (save the remaining nut mixture to sprinkle on top at the end). Add the the other stack of phyllo on top.⁣
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Gently cut baklava into squares. Pour melted butter on top and take your knife and cut the squares again, so that the butter really settles in. Bake until golden, about 50-60 minutes. Remove from oven and pour the cooled honey syrup on top, and remaining nuts. ENJOY!!!⁣
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