Rolled Baklava with Honey Syrup
- 2 pounds phyllo (filo) pastry sheets
- 1 1/2 pounds butter, unsalted melted
- 4 pounds walnuts finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons sugar granulated
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves ground
- 4 cups sugar granulated
- 2 cups water
- lemon juice of half
- 1 small jar honey
- Take 4 sheets of phyllo pastry, keeping remaining sheets covered with a damp towel.
- Brush each sheet with melted butter and lay one on top of the other.
- Mix walnuts, sugar, cinnamon, and cloves.
- Sprinkle some of the mixture evenly over the top buttered sheet and set the pieces upright in a large buttered pan.
- Continue, using another 4 buttered sheets of phyllo, sprinkling with nut mixture, rolling and cutting, until the pan or pans are full and all the nut mixture is used.
- Spoon about 1 teaspoon melted butter over each piece, and continue baking for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and dip each piece into cold thick syrup.
- Drain on cake racks.
- Syrup: In a saucepan, combine granulated sugar, water, lemon juice and small jar of honey.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes, removing scum as it rises to the surface.
phyllo, butter, walnuts, sugar, cinnamon, cloves ground, sugar, water, lemon juice, honey
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/rolled-baklava-honey-syrup-42554 (may not work)