Baklava
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Pastries
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 20
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     3/4  cup           butter
     1/2  cup           vegetable oil
   2      pounds        filo dough
   8      cups          shelled walnuts
   2      teaspoons     ground cinnamon
   1      teaspoon      ground cloves
                        ***SYRUP***
   4      cups          granulated white sugar
   3      cups          water
   1                    cinnamon stick
   1      piece         orange peel
     1/3  cup           honey
     1/4  cup           light corn syrup
   1 1/2  tablespoons   fresh lemon juice -- from 1/2 lemon
 

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325øF. Combine nuts and spices in bowl. Melt butter and add oil. Keep warm while brushing filo. Brush bottom of pan with butter. Place 1 filo in pan, brush with butter and add another filo, continue until there are 4 layers of filo in bottom of pan. Brush with butter and sprinkle 4th pastry with nut mixture. Allow 2 pastry layers between nut filling; butter between each sheet of filo. Repeat until all nut mixture is used. End with 3 top layers of filo. Cut before baking with a sharp knife. Cut lengthways first and then cut diagonally to make diamond shapes. (Pour any extra butter/oil mixture over top.) Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. To make syrup: Cover and boil to approximately 220ø F the sugar, water, cinnamon stick and orange peel. Then add honey, light corn syrup and the lemon juice to the sugar/water mixture. Bring to a boil, cool and pour over hot Baklava. I usually make the syrup while the Baklava is cooking and then pour it over the Baklava as soon as I remove it from the oven.