Walnut Baklavá

For the dough: open the ready puff pastry and cut 5 parts to the size of the shape that will be used and 1 part slightly larger than the shape (total: 6 parts).

cut 2 more sheets of puff pastry, place them on a baking sheet and on the 2 parts place a grid, so that they do not lose their shape.

bake the two parts in a preheated oven at 170 ° C for 25 or 30 min.

Reserve.

for the filling: pass the 500 g of nuts in the processor, mix the sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.

will serve as a filling.

Reserve.

for assembly in the form: line the bottom and the side in a square shape (24 cm x 24 cm x 6.5 cm) with butter and parchment paper and assemble the candy as follows: place 4 greased raw puff pastry sheets with butter put 1 more sheet of raw dough without greasing with butter.

spread some of the nut filling.

place 1 sheet of baked puff pastry over the flour.

spread more nut filling and cover with another sheet of baked puff pastry.

spread the rest of the filling and finish with the larger sheet of raw puff pastry, hitting the sides in the pan.

brush melted butter.

dip your fingers in a bowl of cold water and sprinkle over the raw dough.

with a sharp knife, cross pieces into squares (or lozenges) in the jam.

place in preheated oven at 170 ° c and bake for 1 h.

remove the candy from the oven, let it cool and drizzle with the syrup still warm.

let it cool again.

cut the candy into pieces where there were scratches and decorate with nuts.

serve cold.

for syrup: boil 3 cups (tea) of water with 3 ½ cups (tea) of sugar for 5 min.

add 1 ½ cup (tea) of honey, 1 piece of cinnamon stick, 5 or 6 cloves and boil for another 5 min.

remove the cloves and cinnamon and boil for another 5 min, stirring constantly.