Baklava

By Howie

Ingredients

• 30 sheets of phyllo (8x8 inches)
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped or ground
• 1/2 cup almonds, finely chopped or ground blanched
• 2 tb sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp ground cloves
• Lemon-honey syrup

Details

Servings 20

Preparation

Step 1

1) Butter bottom of 8-inch square baking pan. Lay 10 sheets of phyllo in pan, brushing each sheet with melted butter. Mix nuts with sugar and spices and sprinkle half of this over phyllo. Drizzle with melted butter. Lay on another 10 sheets of phyllo, brushing each with butter. Repeat with another layer of nut mixture and remaining phyllo. Cut, without cutting through bottom layer, into diamond – shaped pieces. Bake in pre-heated moderate oven (350°F) for 1 hour. Finish cutting and allow Baklava to cool. Pour warm lemon-honey syrup over.