[Sca-cooks] Phyllo Re: Corn Flakes (Was: Period Baklava)
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Fri Apr 6 00:38:33 PDT 2007
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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
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