Almond And Cardamom Pastry - Iranian Baglawa

Total Time: 1 hr 39 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 19 mins

Ingredients

• 2 2/3 cups almonds, ground
• 2/3 cup caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon cardamom, ground
• 10 sheets phyllo pastry
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom, ground
• rose water, sprinkle

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 mix almonds, sugar and cardamom.
• 3 divide into 3 pieces.
• 4 brush baking dish with melted butter.
• 5 place filo pastry into baking dish and brush with butter. repeat twice.
• 6 spread with one portion of the nut mixture and cover with 2 sheets of filo brushed with butter.
• 7 spread with one portion of the nut mixture and cover with 2 sheets of filo brushed with butter.
• 8 spread with one portion of the nut mixture and cover with 3 sheets of filo brushed with butter.
• 9 cut into diamond shapes.
• 10 bake 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
• 11 combine sugar and water in saucepan and boil rapidly for 15-20 minutes. add lemon juice and cardamom. after 10 minutes remove from heat.
• 12 remove pan from oven. add rose water to warm syrup and our slowly an evenly over the hot baglawa.
• 13 leave for several hours then run a knife through the triangle to loosen the edges so that you can remove them from the baking dish.