This delicious recipe for baklava has and amazing taste. The sweet and flaky filo pastry, melts in your mouth and reveals the rich meaty taste of walnuts. And the flavorful lemon and cinnamon sauce is the perfect compliment to the sweet taste of this baklava pastry. This baklava recipe, will takes a few hours to prepare and cook but the taste is well worth the time.

Ingredients

• 4oz Butter (Melted)
• 1lb Walnuts (Finely Chopped)
• 2oz Caster Sugar
• Pinch of Cinnamon (Ground)
• 10oz Filo Pastry

Ingredients For the Syrup

• Juice of 1 Lemon
• 5oz Sugar
• 1⁄2 Teaspoon Cinnamon (Ground)

Preparation

Start by preheating the oven to 350°F and lightly greasing a 10in cake tin. Next mix the walnuts, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Next unfold the filo pastry, and cover with a damp tea towel to prevent it drying out.

Brush a piece of the filo with melted butter, and fit it into the bottom of the tin with the buttered side down. Let the edges spill over and brush with butter. Repeat with three more buttered filo sheets, making sure that the whole tin is lined.

Next sprinkle with half of the nut mixture and repeat with four more layers of buttered filo, then scatter the remaining nut mixture over them and put two more layers of buttered filo on top, then fold the edges in and under.

Cut the last two pieces of filo so they that fit in the tin, place on top and brush generously with butter. Bake for 40 minutes, then increase the temperature to 400°F and bake for a further 20 minutes or until golden brown.

To make the syrup, gently heat the lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup has reduced slightly. Pour over the cooked baklava, and leave to cool in the tin for 1-2 hours. Cut into wedges and serve.