Christmas

Two - Nut Baklava is for Dessert.

Two - Nut Baklava takes 140 minutes to prepare.

Two - Nut Baklava takes 100 minutes to cook.

Two - Nut Baklava makes 54 servings.

The ingredients for Two - Nut Baklava are:

---Syrup---
3 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup honey
1/2 tsp rosewater
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---Pastry---
1 lb finely chopped, peeled hazelnuts
1 lb finely chopped, blanched almonds
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 lbs phyllo pastry sheets, thawed
1 lb butter, melted

Here is how you make Two - Nut Baklava:

Syrup:Combine sugar, water, lemon juice and honey in a medium saucepan.Bring to a boil and cook 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in rosewater.Cool completely.---Pastry:Preheat oven to 300F, grease a half sheet pan (18 x 12").Combine nuts, spices and sugar.Layer 8 sheets of phyllo pastry in the pan, brushing in between each layer with butter.Sprinkle with 1/4 the nut mixture.Cover nuts with 3 buttered phyllo sheets, followed by another 1/4 of the nut mixture.Repeat until all the nuts are used.Top the final layer of nuts with 6 buttered phyllo sheets. Do not butter the topmost layer.Cut pastry (all the way through) into 54 squares.Bake 1 1/2 hours.Top hot pastry with the cooled honey syrup and allow to stand at room temperature until completely cooled. Store in the refrigerator or freeze.Number of Servings: 54Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Two - Nut Baklava is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 54
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 259.1

• Total Fat: 16.9 g
• Cholesterol: 18.4 mg
• Sodium: 62.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 25.2 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 4.0 g