Ingredients
3 Tablespoons simple syrup.
1 cup roasted unsalted pistachios meat.
1 -2 teaspoons orange blossom water*.
½ 1lb package of phyllo dough, about 18 sheets.
½ cup unsalted butter melted
For the Syrup Ingredients:
½ teaspoon lime juice.
1 cup sugar.
½ cup water.
¼ cup honey.
½ teaspoon vanilla extract.
Instructions
Make the syrup:
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine syrup ingredeints until it boils, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Set aside to cool completely.
Make the filling:
In your food processor, pulse the pistachios until finely ground. Add simple syrup and the orange blossom water to the pistachios and mix well until you get a sticky coarse paste.
Assemble the rolls:
Preheat oven to 320F
On a clean working surface, take two sheets of phyllo dough out, brush lightly with melted butter using pastry brush. Spoon about 1 ½ Tablespoons of the filling and form a log on the short side of the sheet and roll all the way through.
Brush the finished roll with more butter and place in a baking sheet.
Bake in oven until top is golden brown, about 40 minutes depending on your oven.
Pour ½ to 1 cup of simple syrup over and let it cool completely, preferable overnight if you can.
Take phyllo cigars out, cut into 2 or 4 equal parts.
Serve and enjoy!.