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- From: v313mdm8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (ROCHELLE NEWMAN)
- Subject: Diamonds (Lebanese cookie similar to baklava?)
- Message-ID: <CAC80G.883@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Organization: University at Buffalo
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1993 01:57:00 GMT
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- 1 lb filo dough (keep dough wrapped in damp towel once you cut it)
- 2 lbs butter (lightly salted)
- 1 1/2 c. walnuts, ground fine
- 1 bottle orange flower water (should be available at specialty shops, or at a
- grocery store with a very good ethnic section)
- 3 1/2 c. sugar (or more to taste)
- 1 3/4 c. water
- juice of 2 lemons
-
- Mix nuts with 1/2 c. sugar, or more to taste. Add 1 1/2 Tblsp. orange flower
- water.
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- Make syrup ahead of time. Mix 3 c. sugar and water to boil; boil 1/2 hr. Add
- lemon juice, and 1 1/2 Tblsp. orangeflower water.
-
- Melt butter. Line 13x9 pan with butter. Separate dough in half; cut to fit
- pan. Keep left-over pieces of dough to fill in spaces.
-
- Separate sheets of dough and put 2 sheets together. Add 2 sheets at a time to
- pan and then butter well. Add 2 more sheets and butter again. You can fill in
- layers with pieces. Continue until half the dough is used.
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- Add layer of nuts, and then repeat procedure as you did for the bottom half.
- Butter top layer and cut into diamonds with sharp knife.
-
- Pour remaining butter over top. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until
- golden brown.
-
- Let cool slightly, and add some of the syrup. Then cool completely. Use
- remainder of syrup to "freshen them up" when you serve or eat them.
-
- -Rochelle Newman
-