My Dad's Baklava Recipe

All right, it's here. The much-requested Baklava recipe. My dad adapted and tweaked it from Lebanese Cuisine by Madelain Farah

My Dad's Baklava

1 Syrup Recipe

4 cups chopped walnuts
1 cup sugar
1 Tbl orange flower water
1 lb. filo dough
1 lb. drawn butter

Prepare the syrup first:
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
couple drops of lemon juice
1 tsp orange flower water

Combine sugar, water, and lemon juice in a sauce pan. Boil over medium heat for about 10 or 15 minutes or until fairly thick, like honey. Before removing from heat, add orange flower water and let come to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool completely.

Next, combine nuts, sugar, and orange flower water. Place approximately 1/3 of the filo sheets in a tray, brushing each sheet with the melted butter. Smear the nut mixture on top, and cover with remaining filo sheets, again brushing each layer with melted butter. End with brushing the top with more melted drawn butter. Cut into diamonds.
Bake at 300 degrees until golden. Remove from oven. Spoon COLD syrup over the HOT pastry.