When I lived in Israel, I became acquainted with the delectable pastries called bourekas, made of filo dough with a tasty filling. Known in Turkey as beureks and in Greece as bourekia, these savory ...

Vegan spanakopita is a savoury Greek-style pie made with flaky filo pastry and a filling of spinach and herbs. This ...

Puff pastry and phyllo (alternatively spelled “filo” or “fillo” and often referred to as ”phyllo dough” on store-bought packages) are both doughs that can be used in sweet and savory applications to ...

Culinary preparations for Houston's hugely popular annual Greek Festival at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral get under way months in advance. Volunteers bake herculean mounds of traditional ...

When brushed with butter and baked in the oven, phyllo dough develops a flaky texture that's simply unmatched. Even puff pastry — phyllo dough's second cousin — doesn't have the same crackly bite that ...

The secret to making filo, says Maria Georgoulas, is love. Love and patience. Georgoulas has been rolling filo and making spanakopita for more than 50 years. Today, I'm in the Sydney kitchen of her ...

ST. LOUIS - For many Balkan women, making the dish is like a reflex. Its technique gets passed down from generation to generation. For my baba, gibanica is a cheese and phyllo-dough creation she ...

You wouldn't normally eat shallots as a snack, but when wrapped in buttery, flaky dough, every vegetable is nosh-worthy. September 1, 2023 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source ...

Phyllo means leaf in Greek: a name that couldn't be more accurate. Phyllo pastry is made from many thin layers and is achieved by a very complex lamination that involves not only a fat, like butter or ...

ST. LOUIS — For many Balkan women, making the dish is like a reflex. Its technique gets passed down from generation to generation. For my baba, gibanica is a cheese and phyllo-dough creation she ...