COOK'S CORNER : TRY BAKLAVA WITH A TWIST.Byline: Marge Powers Jewel C. Brown of Mission Hills requested a recipe for baklava using shredded shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. filo FILO - stack dough. Madelyn Jendian Lewis shared her recipe, which she found in ``Cookbook (programming) cookbook - (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs. One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN of Treasured Armenian Recipes.'' Her recipe is for Paklava - the Armenian version of baklava - using kadayif, the Armenian shredded filo dough. Give this sweet a try during the holiday season. PAKLAVA (Shared by Madelyn Jendian Lewis, Panorama City) 2 pounds kadayif shredded dough (purchase ready made) 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts 1 tablespoon ta·ble·spoon n. Abbr. T, tbsp. A measure of about 3 teaspoons or 15 milliliters. tablespoon a household unit of volume or capacity; equivalent to three teaspoons or approximately 15 milliliters; in metric ground cinnamon 3 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, melted Syrup Loosen shreds of kadayif, take out coarse particles. Spread 1/2 of kadayif in a 10x14-inch buttered pan. In a bowl, mix nuts, cinnamon and sugar. Spread nut mixture over kadayif. Put remaining kadayif over nuts. With a spoon, pour melted butter evenly over top. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven 1 hour. Reserve 1 cup Syrup. Pour remaining cool Syrup over hot Kadayif with a soup ladle. Cover kadayif and let moisten by its own steam 1/2 hour. When ready to serve, cut in squares and serve with reserved 1 cup Syrup and whipped cream or honey. SYRUP: In a saucepan, combine 4 cups sugar and 3 cups water. Boil together 10 minutes. Then add 1 teaspoon tea·spoon n. Abbr. tsp., tsp A measure of about 1 fluid dram or 5 milliliters. teaspoon a household unit of volume or capacity approximately equal to 5 milliliters. lemon juice and let syrup cool. Can you help? If you have recipes that can help these readers, please send them along to us at the address below to share in a future column. Does anyone have recipes for eggplant eggplant, name for Solanum melongena, a large-leaved woody perennial shrub (often grown as an annual herb) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), and also cultivated for its ovoid fruit. that are grilled or baked? All the recipes I find for eggplant are fried, and I would like to reduce the fat content. - Cindy Skarin Northridge I've lost the recipe for Nancy Reagan's brownies. Does anyone have it? - Patience Jacklin Chatsworth |
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