How to make baklava (Shandong Caoxian) step by step, how to do delicious

First of all, the main dough and good, the surface into a smooth, room temperature or oven fermentation for 30-50 minutes, double the size can be.

Step 2

While the main dough is fermenting, let's fry the ghee noodles. Mix 25 grams of flour with 10 grams of oil and fry in a non-stick pan over low heat, stirring constantly, until light brown, then transfer to a bowl and leave to cool.

Step 3

Knead the fermented dough by hand to remove any air bubbles, and then roll out the dough into a large rectangular shape, about 2mm thick. （The thinner you roll it out, the more layers you'll get.

Step 4

Cool the pastry, add the shortening ingredients, 35g of flour, 35g of soybean oil, and 4g of salt and mix well. Then use a spatula to evenly spread on the rolled out pastry, (if you want to put pretzels, cumin powder ...... can now be sprinkled oh). Roll it up in a long way.

Step 5

Divide the rolled out dough into four equal portions, (I divided it into four portions, which is closer to the size of the baklava you can buy outside, lol) pinch the ends of each portion tightly and then bring them together in the center to form a round shape. Cover with a damp towel or plastic wrap and let rise for ten minutes. At this point, mix half an egg yolk with 20 grams of soybean oil and set aside.

Step 6

Press all four dough balls together. Take one of the dough balls and use a rolling pin to roll it out from one quarter of the way to three quarters of the way, then rotate the dough at a 45 degree angle and roll it out from one quarter of the way to three quarters of the way, to a thickness of about 6mm, and leave it to rise for 40 minutes, then brush it evenly with the tempered egg yolk and the oil. preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius, and don't forget to do it.

Step 7

The middle and upper temperatures of the oven 200 degrees 12 minutes on the KO pancake.