Ingredients:
1 cup olive oil or canola oil
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup ouzo
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons orange zest
1 cup of fine semolina
2 and 1/2 cups of plain flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon clove powder
Method
1. Sift baking powder with flour
2. Beat sugar and oil, add all ingredients and mixing to make a dough
3. Shape by taking a small fist full of dough and making a short oval shape
4. Bake on baking paper for about 30 minutes
5. Do not make them too big, as they will not cook on the inside
6. Remove put them on a cooling rack
7. Make syrup
Syrup
2 cups of water
2 cups sugar
1 cups honey
1 stick cinnamon
5 whole cloves
1 star anise
1- 2 teaspoons rosewater
1. Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil for about 5 minutes on a slow heat
2. Take off heat and take out spices
3. With a slotted spoon dip each melomakarono in the syrup while still hot for a few seconds and line up on a platter in layers sprinkling each layer with coarsely chopped walnuts
* Do not refrigerate. When cooled, store in an airtight container. They will keep for a few weeks.
