Arabian Baklava

Description
Great tasty Arabic baklava.

Ingredients

 * 4 cups finely chopped walnuts and pistachios
 * 2 cups butter or Crisco or ghee
 * 1 cup sugar
 * 18 sheets of phyllo dough

Sugar syrup

 * 2½ cups sugar
 * 1½ cups water
 * 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Sugar syrup

 * 1) In a pan put the water and sugar and heat until boiling.
 * 2) Add the lemon and leave in for another 15 minutes until the syrup starts to thicken
 * 3) Set aside to cool.

Baklava

 * 1) Preheat oven to 325 °F.
 * 2) Brush the surface of the baking tray ( square or rectangular shape 24 x40 cm) with oil.
 * 3) Melt the butter or the ghee.
 * 4) Put on layer of dough in the baking tray and brush it with the butter; repeat 6 times.
 * 5) On the side mix the walnuts and pistachios with the sugar
 * 6) Spread the walnut mix evenly on top of the dough.
 * 7) Put another layer of dough on top of the nuts and brush it with butter.
 * 8) Repeat 12 times.
 * 9) Wet your fingers with water and gently wipe the last dough.
 * 10) Brush the last dough with butter generously.
 * 11) Cut the baklava into small squares.
 * 12) Put the baklava in the oven.
 * 13) Bake at 325 °F for about half an hour then at 450 °F for the last 5-10 minutes until it turns golden and crunchy.
 * 14) Take the baklava out of the oven and immediately pour the cooled sugar syrup on it.
 * 15) Serve at room temperature.