Method:
1 Preheat oven 200°C fan forced. Grease a small ceramic rectangular baking dish.
2 For the brownie mixture, melt chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until smooth. Remove from the heat. Add almonds, egg, sugar and flour to chocolate mixture. Stir well to combine.
3 Combine sugar, cinnamon and cardamom in a bowl. Set aside.
4 Lay 1 sheet of fillo pastry on a flat work surface. Brush with a little butter and sprinkle with a little sugar mixture. Place another sheet of fillo on top. Repeat with butter, sugar and the remaining fillo until you have 4 layers.
5 Cut pastry into 4 equal rectangles. Lay pastry, then one-third chocolate brownie mixture into baking dish. Repeat layers finishing with pastry. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until pastry is crisp and golden.
6 Heat honey in a frying pan over medium heat. Add 1 tsp water, cook 2-3 minutes or until honey froths. Turn baklava out on a plate, spoon over the honey and serve with vanilla ice cream.
Recipe Database
Spiced chocolate and almond baklava Recipe
19/06/2008
Dominique Rizzo
This recipe is listed under:
Baking Recipes, Desserts Recipes
Ingredients:
½ cup caster sugar
1 tbs ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cardamom
4 sheets filo pastry
50g butter, melted
¼ cup honey
Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Brownie mixture
200g dark chocolate, chopped
50g butter, softened
¼ cup flaked almonds
1 egg
¼ cup caster sugar
1/3 cup plain flour
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