Baklava (Walnut and Honey Pastry)

Baklavá is a very sweet pastry made with phyllo dough and honey. If you traveled Greek or Middle East you must have tried it once!

Preheat oven to 300 °F (150 °C)
First off, prepare the pastry: finely ground walnuts and almonds and combine them into a large bowl with nutmeg, 1/3 of sugar and ½ of cinnamon
Butter a baking pan and start to place one sheet of phyllo pastry after the other, continuing brushing each sheet of phyllo with butter until you use half of the sheets
Sprinkle about ½ or slightly more of the nut and sugar mixture over the phyllo; top the mixture with 2 sheets of phyllo, buttered
Continue alternating nut mixture with 2 sheets buttered phyllo until both are used up, ending with phyllo; brush the top with butter
With a sharp knife, trim off any excess of phyllo and cut lengthwise through the top layer only, thus creating diamond-shaped pieces
Bake for 1 hour or until golden
In the mean time, prepare the syrup: in a small saucepan combine the remaining 2/3 of sugar, a slice of lemon, water and a cinnamon stick (if not available use half of the powder in the ingredients)
Bring to boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes
Remove from heat, remove the slice of lemon and the cinnamon stick and pour slowly the honey, stirring constantly; let cool
Remove the pastry from the oven when done and cut into diamonds with a sharp knife
Pour immediately the warm syrup over the hot pastry and let cool before serving!