Filo/phyllo-- was [Re: SC - duck and bread]

[Elaine Koogler]

Great!  Let me know how it turns out. I'll probably be trying it this weekend as
well...I have a bunch of folks coming over who love playing "guinea pig" for me!  I
hope to be able to try out several recipes on them.

Kiri

margali wrote:

> OK,
> Well, I personally would have taken the recipe as written, unless there was a
> translation or scribal error. Sounds good, I happen to have a bag of semolina, egg
> whites and heavy cream, so now when I get some time this week I may have a go at
> playing with it myself. I also have some beanpaste in the freezer, and can try it
> both ways. I think that since the bean paste is made with sugar [it was for a batch
> of dessert sesame dumplings] with the sugar and syrup it may end up jaw-wrenchingly
> sweet.
> margali
>
> > > Bean paste as in my homemade adzuki paste that I use to fill dumplings?
> > > or something like cooked and pasted soybeans?
> >
> > I'm not sure.  Paul responded that they substituted semolina flour for the bean
> > paste as they felt that that is what the original recipe really wanted...they
> > only specified bean paste as they may not have been able to get durum.  Also, he
> > said that they were not able to get the bean paste to work properly when they
> > tried it.  But yes, I would assume that it would be the same bean paste as was
> > used to stuff buns, etc.
>
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