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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 3 |
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This is a wonderful Greek desert and can be made with a variety of nuts but the most common are walnuts. Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs walnuts chopped fine |
1/2 cp sugar |
1/2 tsp cinnamon |
1/8 tsp cloves |
40 sheets fillo dough |
1 cp butter melted |
syrup 2 cps sugar |
2 cps water |
1 cp honey |
1 tbs lemon juice |
1 lemon peel |
Directions:
1. In a 12 by 16 baking pan brushed with melted butter layer 8 sheets of dough overlapping to cover bottom of pan, buttering each sheet as you go.
2. Mix walnuts , sugar and spices
3. spread one third of nut mixture over dough
4. repeat with second set of eight sheets of dough
5. again spread one third of nut mixture over dough
6. repeat steps one and two a third time
7. cover with remaining sixteen sheets
8. score diagonally in 1 1/2 inch diamonds
9. brush with remaining butter
10. bake in a 350 degree oven one hour
11. While baklava is baking make syrup
12. Brink all ingredients to a boil and boil for 10 minutes.
13. strain syrup
14. Remove baklava from oven and cool slightly
15. pour warm syrup over baklava
16. cool completely
17. cut into diamonds and enjoy enjoy enjoy
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