[Sca-cooks] Phyllo Re: Corn Flakes (Was: Period Baklava)

[ranvaig at columbus.rr.com]

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>I've never seen a recipe for phyllo, which is precisely my point. I 
>have read descriptions of the process. I've also seen recipes for 
>strudel dough, varak/borek, and a variety of others, but while many 
>of them call for a dough, none of them were Greek or specifically 
>called the final product phyllo; they were recipes for various pastry 
>sheets that appeared in some ways like phyllo, but also might have 
>been like lasagne, spring roll wrappers, strudel, etc. The only thing 
>I can be absolutely certain of is their similarity to phyllo in that 
>they produce a wheat-flour-based sheet of pastry rolled and/or
>stacked in layers. The rest may still be supposition.

I don't think you can claim that Phyllo is Greek and only Greek.  The 
same dough is used with many names, and sometimes the same name is 
used for different recipes.  B modern recipes aren't hard to find. 
Many Middle Eastern books have a description, if not an actual 
recipe.  A short websearch found quite a few.   Flour, water, and a 
little salt.  Sometimes a little vinegar to make the gluten relax, 
and oil to make it easier to roll.  Rolled out until you can see 
through it

http://www.recipelink.com/mf/0/71204 "My Grandmother made it all the 
time. Greek or not, fillo is phylo is strudel dough.:
http://www.greekcuisine.com/oldsite/detail.html?RecipeID=4
http://greekfood.about.com/od/greekbreadspitas/r/phyllo.htm
http://www.baking911.com/recipes/pastry/phyllo.htm
http://astray.com/recipes/?show=Homemade%20phyllo%20pastry
http://www.recipelink.com/mf/31/17331
http://www.recipezaar.com/4493
http://greekfood.about.com/od/makephyllosweetsavory/r/phyllo_rolled.htm
http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Zymi%20yia%20filo%20(homemade%20filo%20dough)
http://enhanced-recipes.tastingmenu.com/Zymi+yia+Filo+(Homemade+filo+dough).html
http://www.recipegoldmine.com/scratch/scratch287.html
http://www.delicious-recipes.nl/web/index.cgi?recipe=24040/homemade_filo_dough.html

Ranvaig