Brown Butter Macadamia Nut Baklava

• Condiments

  • 1 cup Honey

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Cloves
  • 1 Dark chocolate
  • 3 1/2 cup Sugar

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 lb Macadamia nuts

• Dairy

  • 1 lb Butter

• Liquids

  • 1 1/2 cups Water

• Other

  • 1 pound filo

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 pound Macadamia Nuts, chopped
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 pound filo
• 1 pound butter, melted and browned
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup honey
• dark chocolate for melting

Directions

• Combine nuts with sugar and spices in a medium bowl. Set aside. Brown the butter by melting slowly in a small sauce pan. With the heat on medium-high, bring to a slight simmer and begin to carefully swirl the butter in a circle. Once you see the butter beginning to brown, remove from heat and set aside. Line bottom of a 9x13 buttered pan with 5 sheets of filo, buttering each one before layering. Sprinkle with a layer of the nut mixture. Cover with 4 sheets of filo, again, buttering in between the sheets. Continue this process until all your nut mixture is used. Cover with 5 sheets of filo, buttering between each sheet. Cut 3 rows on the horizontal and 5 rows on the vertical so you end up with 15 large squares. Then, cut each square diagonally to create 2 triangles from each square. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 - 1 1/2 hours. While the baklava is baking, combine sugar and water in a small sauce pan. Boil for about 4-5 minutes, then slowly add the honey. Simmer for 2-5 minutes more and remove from heat. Allow to cool. When your baklava is browned remove from oven and slowly pour the cooled syrup over the hot baklava. Allow to sit and soak up the syrup for a few hours before removing a piece from the pan. Once cooled, drizzle with melted dark chocolate.