Baklava

Ingredients

For the syrup

• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 2 tbsp orange flower water
• 1 cup honey
• 1 piece of cinnamon

For the pastry

• 500 g puff pastry
• 2 cups peeled almonds
• 1 ½ cups of butter
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tbsp cinnamon

Preparation

1. 1
   Mix the chopped almonds, sugar and cinnamon. Lay out 3-4 layers of buttered puff pastry on a greased baking-pan and cover with a layer of almonds, sugar and cinnamon.
2. 2
   Cover with another buttered layer of puff pastry and continue alternating with the almond mix for a number of layers finishing with 6-8 layers of buttered puff pastry alone. Cut diagonal lines in the top to make diamonds.
3. 3
   Spray the surface with orange flower water and put in the oven for an hour at 180°. In the meantime, prepare the syrup by boiling the water with the honey, sugar and cinnamon and, shortly afterwards, the orange flower water.
4. 4
   Drip the hot syrup over the cooled pastry dessert and cut following the incisions made earlier.