Air fryer Baklava is one of the best-ever air fryer desserts you’ll come across! Layers of crispy filo are filled with assorted nuts and topped with salty-sweet syrup. With this easy recipe, you can make perfect homemade baklava.
Surprisingly, the baklava isn’t overpoweringly sweet and makes a stunning dish to serve to and impress guests.
My one true weakness is a box of baklava fresh from the sweet shop! Baklava are so moreish that I can easily polish up half the packet. The only reason I stop is because I have to remind myself that a tray of baklava is for sharing …
About Time
- Prep Time 15 mins
- Cook Time 25 mins
- Total Time 40 mins
EQUIPMENT
- 1 Air fryer
- 1 baking dish 8″x8″ square
- 1 Sharp knife
- 1 small pan
- 1 silicon brush
Pastry
- 20 sheets phyllo pastry also known as Filo pastry
- 100 grams butter unsalted
- 40 ml vegetable oil or sunflower oil
- 1 cup nuts walnuts, pistachio, almonds and cashews
- ½ teaspoon salt
Salted caramel syrup
- 50 grams light brown sugar or demerara sugar
- 150 ml maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 225 ml water
Instructions
- First, make the syrup by mixing all the salted caramel syrup ingredients in a pan.
50 grams light brown sugar,150 ml maple syrup,1/2 teaspoon sea salt,225 ml water - Bring it to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes while stirring constantly.
- Leave it aside for later use.
- Then make filling by placing nuts and a pinch of salt in the food processor. Pulse them until they are coarse. Leave it aside.
1 cup nuts,1/2 teaspoon salt - Now cut the phyllo pastry according to your baking tray/pan size. Simply by putting a tray over the pastry and cut it with a sharp knife. 20 sheets of phyllo pastry
- Don’t throw away the sides of the pastry, will use them in the middle layer of the baklava.
- Heat butter in a microwave or pan bowl over the stovetop.
100 grams butter - Add vegetable oil and mix well. 40 ml vegetable oil
Amount Per Serving
CALORIES: 37
- TOTAL FAT: 3g
- SATURATED FAT: 0g
- TRANS FAT: 0g
- UNSATURATED FAT: 1g
- CHOLESTEROL: 0mg
- SODIUM: 26mg
- CARBOHYDRATES: 3g
- FIBER: 0g
- SUGAR: 1g
- PROTEIN: 0g
- First, make the syrup by mixing all the salted caramel syrup ingredients in a pan.