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. 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. 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. 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. Drip the hot syrup over the cooled pastry dessert and cut following the incisions made earlier.