Arabian Baklava

Great tasty Arabic baklava.

Ingredients

 * 4 cups finely chopped walnuts
 * 2 cups butter or Crisco or ghee
 * 1 cup sugar
 * ½ cup finely chopped pistachios
 * 18 sheets 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) Once it start boiling add the lemon and leave in for another 15 minutes until the syrup start thickening.
 * 3) Set a side to cool.

Baklava

 * 1) Preheat oven.
 * 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 ghee, repeat 6 times.
 * 5) On the side mix the walnuts with the sugar and the pistachios.
 * 6) Spread the walnut mix equally on top of the dough.
 * 7) Spread ¼ cup of the ghee on top of the walnuts.
 * 8) Put another dough on top of the walnut and brush it with ghee.
 * 9) Repeat the last step 12 times.
 * 10) Wet your fingers with water and gently wipe the last dough.
 * 11) Brush the last dough with ghee generously.
 * 12) Cut the baklava into small squares.
 * 13) Put the baklava in the oven.
 * 14) Bake on 325°F for about half an hour then on 450°F for the last 5-10 minutes until it turns golden and crunchy.
 * 15) Take the baklava out of the oven and immediately pour the cooled sugar syrup on it.
 * 16) Serve at room temperature.