Baklava

Ingredients

• Syrup
• 2 cups honey (preferably Greek thyme honey, but no biggy if you can't get it. DO use a good quality honey, though)
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks (or 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• lemon peel (without pith - 4 inch-long piece)
• orange peel (without pith - 4 inch-long piece)
• Pastry
• 4 cups coarsley ground walnuts (very fresh)
• 2 cups coarsley ground almonds (make sure the nuts you use are FRESH, very recently purchased)
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 lbs phyllo pastry sheets
• 1 lb unsalted butter, melted (don't use less, this is what will make your baklava taste exceptional, and it has to be BUTTER!)
• whole cloves

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