Kataifi - Kataifi pastry with Nuts

== Description ==
== Ingredients ==
* 1/2 kilo kataifi pastry
* 3/4 cup of melted butter
* 1 1/2 cup of coarsely chopped almonds
* 1 1/2 cup of coarsely chopped walnuts
* 3 tblsp of caster sugar
* 1 slightly beaten egg
* 2 tblsp of commandaria (sweet red wine)
For the syrup:
* 2 1/2 cups of Sugar
* 3 cups of hot water
* the rind of half an orange
* small pieces of cinnamon bark
* 3 cloves
* 2 tblsp of lemon juice
== Directions ==
# In a bowl mix both kinds of nuts with Sugar. Add egg and wine and blend well into a soft and smooth filling.
# Take a handful of kataifi pastry, spread slightly the threads into a square. Fold both ends into a rectangle and with brush dab with butter.
# Take a tablespoon of filling and spread it lengthwise on one side of the pastry.
# Roll up pastry around the filling into 3 inch long tubes. Repeat procedure to make the other kataifi and place them next to each other in a greased oven dish.
# Sprinkle the rest of the butter on top and bake kataifi in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes until golden.
# In the meantime dissolve Sugar in a saucepan with hot water, add the remaining syrup ingredients and let boil for about 15 minutes until a thin syrup is formed.
# Remove orange rind and cloves and leave syrup to cool.
# Remove kataifi from oven and while hot pour over the cooled syrup.
# Cover pastries with think serviette and leave for one hour to absorb the syrup and become soft.
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