Baklava with Mixed Nuts

"Although I also make baklava the traditional way with just walnuts, this recipe is always requested more. I usually make 3 trays of this so I at least get one piece!" RT

• 3/4 cup honey
• 3/4 Cup water
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
• 2 cups finely chopped mixed nuts using walnuts, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
• 1 lb melted butter
• 1 box frozen Phyllo dough

METHOD

In a large saucepan simmer honey and water, and add lemon juice until it is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Add orange blossom water. Simmer a few more minutes. Cool and refrigerate.

Prepare a filling of mixed nuts. Sprinkle nuts with a mixture of sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter. Layer phyllo sheets, 12-15 of them to a buttered baking tray. Brush sheets with about half the butter and spread the filling on top of the phyllo. Cover with the remaining phyllo sheets, also brushed with butter.

Cut the top layered sheets diagonally into 2" long diamonds, cutting through the filling but not the bottom layers of phyllo sheets. Bake about 30 minutes. Raise oven temperature to 450 degrees and bake for an additional 15 minutes until golden brown.

Remove from the oven. Pour refrigerated syrup over the top of the puffed dough. Cut, using the same diagonals, through the uncut layer of dough. Serve when cool. This seasons and only gets better with standing for a day or two, try to hide it from the world for a day or so.

Yield: 100 Baklava

Contributor: RT

recipe from www.inmamaskitchen.com

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