Recipe - Orange-Pistachio Baklava

Butterflavored vegetable
cooking spray
1 One fourth cup Chopped pistachios
Three fourths cup Wheat saltine cracker
crumbs, (20 crackers)
1/3 cup Sugar
One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon
12 Sheets frozen phyllo pastry,
thawed
2 tablespoon Margarine, melted
Three fourths cup Honey
One half cup Frozen orange juice
concentrate, thawed and
undiluted
1/3 cup Water
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon Ground cloves

Coat a 13 x 9 x 2inch baking pan with cooking spray; set aside. Combine
pistachios, cracker crumbs, sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl; stir well, and
set aside.

Working with 1 phyllo sheet at a time, lightly coat each sheet with cooking
spray. Fold phyllo sheet in half crosswise to form a 13 x 81/2inch
rectangle; lightly coat both sides of rectangle with cooking spray. Place
in bottom of prepared pan, and sprinkle 3 tablespoons pistachio mixture
over phyllo. Repeat procedure with 9 sheets of phyllo, cooking spray, and
remaining pistachio mixture, ending with pistachio mixture. Lightly coat
remaining 2 sheets of phyllo with cooking spray. Fold each sheet in half
crosswise to form a 13 x 81/2inch rectangle; lightly coat both sides of
each rectangle with cooking spray. Layer each into baking pan.

With a very sharp knife, score diamond shapes, 3/4inch deep, into layers
of phyllo. Drizzle margarine over phyllo. Bake at 350 degrees for 25
minutes or until golden.

Combine honey and next 4 ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil.

Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from
heat; drizzle honey mixture over phyllo. Cool completely in pan. Yield: 16
servings (serving size: 1 [3One fourth x 21/4inch] bar).

Per serving: 211 Calories; 6g Fat (25% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 38g
Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 231mg Sodium

NOTES : Our variation of this Lebanese classic has half the fat of the
original. Cooking spray replaces butter between the layers of phyllo.

Recipe by: Cooking Light, May 1994, page 82

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #418 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.