Mock Baklava Kataifi Recipes

MOCK BAKLAVA -- KATAIFI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Combine first 5 ingredients in a saucepan.
• Gently boil for 15 minutes or until syrupy.
• Place shredded wheat halves in a single layer in a shallow baking pan; drizzle with butter or margarine.
• Bake in oven 10 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring once.
• Sprinkle half of the nuts over the bottom halves of the biscuits & drizzle with half of the warm syrup.
• Replace top halves & drizzle with the remaining syrup.
• Spoon excess syrup over biscuits until absorbed.
• Top with remaining nuts.
• Serve warm topped with whipped cream.

KATAIFI (GREEK SHREDDED WHEAT PASTRY)

Steps:

• Oven at 350ºF.
• Butter a 9x13" baking pan lined with foil to make removing the pastry easier.
• Combine sugar, water & lemon juice in a
• pot. (NOTE - you could also throw a cinnamon stick into the syrup mixture).
• Bring to a boil & simmer, uncovered for 15 minutes, then cool to room temperature.
• Spread half of pastry (or shredded wheat pastry) in bottom of pan.
• Drizzle with half the melted butter.
• Combine the walnuts with the cinnamon &
• nutmeg and sprinkle over the pastry.
• Layer the remaining pastry over the nut
• mixture.
• Drizzle with remaining butter.
• Give it a light 'press' at this stage to meld all the layers.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove from oven & pour syrup over hot pastry.
• When cool, cut in squares, then in half
• diagonally for triangles. (Allow to sit overnight - you should definitely allow it to sit several hours, unrefrigerated)
• remains crispy.