Baklava

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 30 sheets phyllo dough
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts or 1 cup coarsely ground walnuts
• 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds or 1/2 cup coaresely ground almonds
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon clove
• 1 cup orange blossom water or 1 cup rose water or 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 lemon
• 2 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 lay 10 sheets of phyllo (cut to fit the pan) in a buttered 8 x 8-inch pan, brushing each sheet with butter.
• 2 mix the nuts with the 2 tbs sugar and the spices and sprinkle half of the mixture over the phyllo; drizzle with melted butter.
• 3 repeat with 10 more phyllo sheets and the rest of the nut mixture.
• 4 end with another layer of 10 phyllo sheets brushed with butter.
• 5 cut, without cutting through the bottom layer, into diamond-shaped pieces.
• 6 bake at 350f 1 hour.
• 7 while it bakes, make a syrup: boil water, 1 cup sugar and ½ lemon for 15 minutes. remove the lemon and turn off the heat. stir in 2 tbs honey.
• 8 finish cutting through to the bottom of the baklava.
• 9 let the baklava cool, then pour warm lemon-honey syrup over it.
• 10 best to let it sit for a few hours before eating.