Sinbad Sweets: Recipes
Pineapple and Cheese Baklava Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapples
• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
• 1 c. Ricotta cheese
• 1 c. sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tsp. grated lemon peel
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 13 leaves fillo (strudel leaves)
• 1/2 c. butter, melted
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 1/2 c. Grand Marnier liquor

Drain pineapples, saving syrup. In mixer bowl, combine cheese, 1/2 cup of sugar, egg yolks, lemon peel, and vanilla. Blend at medium speed and stir in pineapples.

Place 1 fillo leaf in greased 9 x 13 pan. Brush leaf with melted butter. Repeat with 7 additional leaves. Spread pineapple-cheese mixture over fillo; top with remaining 5 leaves, brushing each leaf. Score top leaves with sharp knife into diamond shapes.