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Baklava

Ingredients:

1 lb of almonds (you may also use a mix of almonds and pecans)
1/2 a cup of breadcrumbs
1/4 a cup of sugar
Some cinnamon and (optionally) some cloves
1 lb of filo dough
1&1/2 cup of melted butter

For the syrup:

4 cups of sugar
2 cups of water
1 lemon (just the juice)

Preparation:

Put the almonds in boiling water for a few minutes so that the skin becomes soft and it is easy to peel off. Grind the almonds (preferably through a mince machine). Add the breadcrumbs, 1/4 cup of sugar, some cinnamon and cloves.

Use a tray (about 7"X12") and brush some butter in it (so that it won't stick).  Lay 5 to 6 sheets of filo in the tray. As you put them in one by one, brush each one with some butter and sprinkle some of the almond-breadcrumb-sugar mix. Add two more sheets of filo together and lay the rest of the almond mix on them.  Put another 6 sheets of filo on top (brush each one with butter as you put them in). Cut the baklava in pieces. Bake it in 300F for about 1&1/2 hour.

To make the syrup, boil the 4 cups of sugar, the 2 cups of water and the lemon juice for about 10 minutes. Pour the syrup on the cool baklava.

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