Dessert

Baklava fingers with honey syrup and halva ice-cream

Australian Gourmet Traveller Greek dessert recipe for baklava fingers with honey syrup and halva ice-cream.
Baklava fingers with honey syrup and halva ice-cream

Baklava fingers with honey syrup and halva ice-cream

Ben Dearnley
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Nothing says Greek sweets like nuts and filo; these pastries, called floyeres, are basically rolled baklava.

Ingredients

Halva ice-cream
Honey syrup

Method

Main

1.For halva ice-cream, combine ice-cream and halva in a bowl, fold halva lightly through ice-cream and freeze until firm (2 hours). Makes 1 litre.
2.Preheat oven to 180C. Process walnuts, sugar and cinnamon until coarsely ground. Layer four sheets of filo brushed with melted butter, spread over one-third of walnut mixture, cut pastry into four widthways, then roll each into a cigar shape. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and brush with extra melted butter. Repeat with remaining pastry and nuts and bake until golden (15-25 minutes). Transfer to a heatproof shallow tray and set aside.
3.For honey syrup, combine ingredients in a saucepan with 60ml water and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour over baklava fingers, stand for 5 minutes, and serve warm with halva ice-cream and shaved halva.

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