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A delicious syrupy dessert with filo pastry and almonds (or walnuts) filling.
Name - Recipe
Σιροπιαστά ρολά από φύλλο μπακλαβά και γέμιση αμυγδαλόψιχας.
1 pack of filo pastry sheets
1 cup of peanut oil
2 cups of coarsely ground almonds
1 tsp ground cinnamon
A few drops of rosewater
For the syrup:
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of water
1 cinnamon stick
Rind of a lemon
A few drops of lemon
Make the syrup first: In a saucepan, add the water, sugar, cinnamon and lemon peel and heat while stirring until the sugar melts. When it starts to boil, leave it for 5 minutes and when you turn it off, add the lemon drops. Leave aside to cool off.
For the filling: In a bowl, mix the ground nuts with cinnamon and a few drops of rosewater (you may use either almonds or walnuts or both).
Assemble the dessert: Take the filo pastry sheets, fold them in half and brush them with the oil. Then put about a spoonful of the filling on the edge of the sheet and roll it up while folding the edges inwards (much like wrapping a parcel), cut it and place on a baking tray. Continue with the rest of them. Bake them for about 40 minutes at 160 °C. Once removed from the oven, pour the cold syrup on them and serve. (Sotira Eleftheriou, Kyperounda)
Baking in the oven.
Additional information and bibliography
Oral testimony: Sotira Eleftheriou, 45 years old, Kyperounda. See Kourri P, Lazarou S (Eds) (2007) Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda. unpublished data.
Stalo Lazarou
Κούννες αμυγδάλου. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
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