Kadaif

Ingredients

• 500 g kadaif pastry
• 300 g walnuts, chopped
• 250 g butter, melted
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 500 g sugar
• 400 ml water
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp honey

Steps

1. 1
   Boil the sugar, water, lemon juice and honey for 10 minutes and cool completely.
2. 2
   Pull the kadaif strands apart with your fingers on a wide surface until they are loose and airy — clumped pastry bakes into a solid brick.
3. 3
   Pour over the melted butter and work it through every strand with your hands.
4. 4
   Press half the buttered pastry into a baking tin as an even layer.
5. 5
   Mix the walnuts with the cinnamon and scatter them over, then cover with the remaining pastry and press down firmly.
6. 6
   Bake at 170C for 45 minutes until deep gold all the way through, not just on top.
7. 7
   Pour the cold syrup over the hot kadaif, then leave uncovered for at least 4 hours before cutting.