Baklava
- 3 cups finely chopped walnuts
- 1 cup finely chopped almonds
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 16 sheets phyllo dough
- 12 tbsp (1 1/2 sticks) butter, melted
- None None Whole cloves, to decorate
- None None FOR THE SYRUP
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp rosewater
- 3 None whole cloves
- Preheat the oven to 350u0b0F. Lightly grease an 11 x 7 inch baking pan. Combine walnuts, almonds, sugar and spices in a large bowl.
- Layer 4 sheets phyllo on a board, brushing each sheet with butter, and fold in half. Arrange in prepared pan, trimming edges to fit. Spread with 1/2 of the nut mixture. Repeat phyllo and nut layers. Top with a phyllo layer.
- Brush with butter. Score lengthwise into 4 even portions. Then score diagonally to create a diamond pattern. Bake for 30 mins, until crisp.
- Meanwhile, for the syrup, place sugar, lemon juice, rosewater, cloves and 1 1/3 cups water in a medium saucepan on low heat. Stir, without boiling, for 3-4 mins, until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to medium and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, without stirring, for 10 mins, until thickened. Remove cloves.
- Pour hot syrup over baklava. Let stand to cool. Cut into diamonds. Place a clove in the center of each piece, to decorate.
walnuts, almonds, sugar, ground cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, phyllo, butter, syrup, sugar, lemon juice, rosewater, whole cloves
Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/26282 (may not work)