BAKLAVA 3
Ingredients
- ½ cup superfine sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 ¼ pounds sweet butter, melted
- 1 pack commercial phyllo sheets
- For the syrup -
- 2 ½ cups sugar
- 1 ¾ cups water
- 1 orange rind, finely grated
- 1 lemon rind, finely grated
- 5 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 cup honey
Directions
- Directions
- Combine nuts, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Brush a 13x9x inch baking pan well with butter. Separate 25 phyllo sheets from package.
- Place under a smooth, damp towel to prevent drying. Wrap remaining filo well. Freeze for future use. Place one phyllo sheet in pan, trim to fit.
- Brush generously with melted butter. Repeat procedure until there are 5 layers of buttered phyllo in the pan. Sprinkle with ¼ nut mixture.
- Repeat this procedure two more times ending with phyllo. Drizzle any remaining butter over top.
- Bake in 350-degree oven 1 ½ hours or until golden brown. Remove baklava from oven. Using a sharp knife, immediately cut long diagonal lines from corner to corner forming an X.
- Follow these guidelines to cut baklava into serving size diamonds. While still hot, pour cooled syrup over baklava.
- For the syrup: Combine sugar, water, orange and lemon rinds, cloves and cinnamon stick in saucepan.
- Bring to boil, simmer uncovered about 5 minutes to thicken syrup slightly. Remove from heat, discard spices, astir in honey. Cool at room temperature. Pour over hot baklava. Allow to stand overnight before serving.

