Method
- Simmer sugar, water, honey and lemon peel for 10 minutes; stir in lemon juice and cool.
- Mix walnuts and cinnamon. Butter a baking dish and layer eight filo sheets, buttering each.
- Add walnut mixture, then eight more buttered filo sheets.
- Cut into diamonds before baking at 175°C for 40–50 minutes until deep golden.
- Pour cooled syrup over hot baklava; rest several hours before serving.
Home-cooking version. Times are estimates and vary with equipment and ingredient size. Follow safe food handling and cooking temperatures.