Baklavas

==Description==
Fillo pastry with nuts
* Makes about 20 pieces
==Ingredients==
* ½ kilo fillo pastry about 20 sheets
* ½ cup of butter
* 2 cups of finely chopped almonds
* 1 cup of finely chopped walnuts
* 2 tblsp caster sugar
* 1 tblsp of pounded mixed cloves and cinnamon bark
=== Syrup ===
* 2 cups of sugar
* 2 cups of hot water
* 1 small piece cinnamon
* the rind of 1 lemon
* 2 tblsp lemon juice
==Directions==
# In a bowl mix both kinds of nuts, sugar and pounded spices.
# Choose one oven dish of 12x8 inches and grease sides and bottom.
# Brush with butter 6 sheets of fillo pastry and place in oven dish.
# Spread over half of the nuts mixture.
# Brush with butter another six sheets and place to cover the nuts.
# Spread over fillo the rest of nuts, brush the remaining fillo and cover the second bed of nuts.
# Fold the edges of fillo round the sides of dish and brush the top with the rest of butter.
# Cut fillo into square or diamond shapes and sprinkle some cold water on top.
# Place baklava in a moderate oven and bake for one hour until golden.
# Meanwhile pour in saucepan sugar and water and stir to dissolve.
# Add remaining syrup ingredients and heat to boil for about 15 minutes until the syrup thickens.
# Remove from heat, leave it to cool and remove lemon rind.
# Remove baklava from oven and while still hot pour over the cold syrup.
# Cover dish with a serviette, leave baklava to cool and cut into pieces. 
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Category:Pastry Recipes