Ingredients

3 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups water

1 lemon

1 tbsp. orange-blossom water or rosewater

Preparation

The general rule for syrup is to pour hot syrup over cold (or room temperature) pastries and to serve cold syrup over hot pastries.

In some areas, eating syrup and honey is superstitious believed toward off the dijon (evil spirits) and to make life sweeter.

  1. Boil the sugar with the water until dissolved and viscous, about 10 minutes.

  2. Stir in the remaining ingredients and remove from the heat.