| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
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Greek |
Greek |
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
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Ingredients |
| 1 1/2 |
c |
p sugar 1 cup water 1/2 cup rosewater, buy the type that |
INSTRUCTIONS
Filling 1 lb blanched almonds or an almond/walnut combination 3/4
cup sugar 1 tsp ground cardamom Syrup comes in 10oz. bottles,
not the exorbitantly priced little bottles.) 1/3 cup unsalted butter,
melted 1 lb filo, thawed Finely grind the nuts. Add cardamom and
sugar to the nuts. Cut the filo to fit a 12x15" pan. Brush bottom of
pan with butter and add 6 sheets of filo, brushing each with butter.
Sprinkle and spread enough of the nut mixture until you've added about
1/8" to the pan. Continue building layers with 3 sheets of
filo(brushing each with butter) to every 1/8" of nuts. Finish with 6
layers of filo. Brush top with butter. Cut through all but the bottom
layer of filo in diamond shapes. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 25-30min.
While it's baking, boil the water and sugar for 15min. Remove from
heat and add rosewater. When the baking is done, pour the syrup over
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