Greek Recipes

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Beginner’s Guide to Phyllo

Phyllo (in Greek: φύλλο, pronounced FEE-lo), also spelled “filo,” is most often used to describe wafer-thin sheets of dough that are used to make some of the most delicious pastries and savory pies in the world. However, phyllo has gotten a reputation as being hard to use, or too delicate, with the result that many […]

Make Your Own Phyllo Dough

In Greek: φύλλο, pronounced FEE-lo Freshly made phyllo dough (also spelled “filo”) isalways preferable, and it isn’t difficult. Use a pasta machine to make sheets of thin to thick dough to use for pitas and pastries. The alternative, rolling it out with a rolling pin, takes time and experience to master (see below for special instructions). […]

Bougatsa with Cream

Ingredients: 1 pack of Greek Filo pastry 4 1/4 cup of milk 4 eggs 1/2 a cup of melted unsalted butter 1 cup of sugar 1/2 a tsp of powder vanilla 3/4 cup of fine semolina Powder sugar Powder cinnamon Method: Pour the milk with a piece of lemon peel in a large sauce pan […]

Bougatsa with Cheese

Ingredients: 1 pack of Greek filo pastry 1/2 lb cream cheese 1 lb fresh ricotta cheese 1 lb fresh cottage cheese 1/2 a cup of melted unsalted butter 1 1/2 tbsp of sugar 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg Powder cinnamon Powder sugar Method Version # 1: Using a mixer beat the cream cheese at high speed […]

Stuffed dried figs (Xera sika)

Ingredients: 24 dried figs 12 walnut halves 1 cup premium Greek honey (thyme-scented) 1 tbsp rosewater 6 sheets filo (optional) Method: Soak the figs for 24 hours in a bowl with 3 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon rose-water, and enough warm water to cover. The next day, remove the figs, drain, and stuff each one with […]

Baking Greek recipes

Pan-Sized Phyllo (Filo) Pies (19) Filled Pies (12) Fresh Cheese Pie with Fennel from Kalavryta Cheese Bread from Laconia – Protsouma Cretan Meat Pie – Kritiki kreatopitta Kalitsounia with Spinach – Kalitsounia me Spanaki Cheese Crescents – Kalitsounia me Mizithra – Cretan Sweet Cheese Pastries – Kalitsounia Glikia me Mizithra Cretan Boureki Zucchini and Potato Pie Pumpkin and […]