Apple Phyllo Pie with Pecans and Maple – Mediterranean Delicacies

Ingredients

• 4 x phyllo pastry sheets
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 3 star anise pods
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 cup raisins (I used a mixture of sultanas and raisins)
• 3 slightly heaped cups of cut up apple (peeled, cored, and cut into smallish cubes) – I used Red Cripps which are sweet and tart
• 1/2 a cup of roughly chopped toasted pecan nuts (+ a few extra for decoration)
• 1/2 t – 1t cinnamon powder (optional if you like cinnamon flavour)
• 2 T maple syrup + 1/4 of a cup for drizzling
• +-80g butter melted (in a small dish – in the microwave)
• +-1/4 cup of brown sugar for sprinkling