Baklava

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 12 ounces phyllo pastry
• 2/3 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups walnuts, chopped
• 1 cup almonds, chopped
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• sugar syrup
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 slice lemon zest (thin strip)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 butter the base and sides of a 13x9 baking dish.
• 3 place 10 sheets of phyllo, seperately, into the pan, brushing each sheet with the melted butter.
• 4 mix together the nuts, sugar, cinnamon and cloves and spread half of this mixture over the pastry.
• 5 layer another 3 sheets of pastry over the nut mixture, burshing each sheet with the melted butter.
• 6 spread over the remaining nut mixture and top with the remaining pastry sheets, each brushed with melted butter.
• 7 brush the top sheet with melted butter again and slice through the top layers with a very sharp knife to create diamond shapes. sprinkle lightly with water to prevent the pastry from curling and lifting.
• 8 bake for 1 hour.
• 9 meanwhile, prepare the sugar syrup. place all syrup ingredients in a saucepan and heat until the sugar has dissolved. heat to boiling for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• 10 remove from heat and cool. strain, and pour over the baklava when it is removed from the oven. let syrup soak in for 3 hours before cutting and serving.