Prepare a 9x13 baking pan by brushing the pan interior with butter
Honey Syrup
Place water and sugar in a medium saucepan
Add Honey, Orange, and Cloves- and stir
Bring the mixture to a boil. Lower the heat and let simmer for 30 minutes
Remove the honey syrup from the heat, and let cool- remove cloves
Nut Mixture
Add the Walnuts, and Pistachios to a food processor- Grind to a rough chop
Add the nuts to a mixing bowl and stir with Sugar, Cinnamon, and ground Cloves
Phyllo Dough
Unroll the thawed Phyllo Dough
Place the dough between 2 dry Kitchen Towels
Assemble the Baklava
Take one sheet of Phyllo Dough and place it in the glass pan- The pan will fit about 1/2 a sheet.- Brush the entire top surface with butter and fold over
Repeat this process - until you have used about ⅓ of the Phyllo dough (with each layer brushed with butter)
Spread ½ of the Nut filling over the phyllo stack
Resume adding the buttered phyllo dough one layer at a time- until you have used another ⅓ of the dough
Distribute the rest of the nut mix over the phyllo dough
Finish add the remaining phyllo sheets- Buttering each layer- and then finally buttering the top layer.
Cut the Baklava
Use a sharp knife to cut the pastry into 24 diamond shape pieces
Bake
Place your Baklava in a 350 degree oven for 40 minutes or until the top of the Baklava turns golden brown (and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean)
Remove the Baklava from the oven- and immediately pour the cool honey syrup over the hot Baklava
Garnish the Baklava with chopped Pistachios
Allow the Baklava to sit for 2 hours before serving