Almond Fingers

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb phyllo pastry
• 2 cups almonds
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• some cinnamon
• some rose water
• peanut oil or olive oil
• orange rind
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup honey
• 1/2 lemon juice
• 1/2 cup almonds, roasted and grated
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 prepare the stuffing.
• 2 grate the almond kernels and add the sugar and the cinnamon.
• 3 pour some rosewater, as much as is necessary in order to shape them.
• 4 cut the phylo into small square pieces approximately 5x8 cm, then moist them with some butter using a brush.
• 5 place on each square piece one teaspoon of stuffing and roll, folding in the sides.
• 6 (it should look like a cigar) in a large skillet, warm plenty of oil with the orange peel, then once the peel turns dark remove it and fry in a high temperature at first then medium later until the"fingers" turn golden brown.
• 7 remove them with a fork and place them on absorbent paper and preserve them warm.
• 8 prepare the syrup.
• 9 boil in a pot for 5 minutes the sugar with the water then pour the honey with some lemon juice and stir until the honey melts.
• 10 sink the"fingers" in the warm syrup for a few minutes and remove.
• 11 combine the almond kernels with the cinnamon.
• 12 place the"fingers" on a platter and sprinkle the mixture on top.