Preparing the sugar sirup: mix 800 grams of sugar with 800 ml or water in the cooking potand heat them until the sugar is melted. After boiling take off the cooking pot from the hob and mix it with the fresh lemon juice. This will preserve the liquid from cristalizing.

Preheat the oven to 200C

Put walnuts into a grinder an crush them to a small peaces.

Mix grinded walnuts with the grated lemon peel

Take 30 cm cooking plate/pan and start building your baklava.

Build it on layers. 5-6-7 layers of dough, 1 layer of walnuts. make not more than 3 layers of walnuts and finish building with dough.

Cut the baklava on any forms you would like.

Melt the butter and pour it all over the already built baklava.

Put the baklava in the oven and bake it until its well baked.

Most of the time bake from the bottom.

After the baklava is well baked take it out of the oven and leave it aside to get cool.

After the baklava is well cool pour and "drawn" the baklava in sugar sirup.

Leave it to soak the sirup for at least 10-12 hours.

Enjoy your delicius Baklava!

Cinsume responsibly - it is a bomb with calories! :)