Phyllo or puff pastry is a versatile dough can be used in dishes from appetizers to dessert (and practically everything else.) Saves for beginners, this pasta from scratch and buy at the supermarket. Can in the freezer. As long as it works well with pasta, frozen phyllo sheets and reduce work perfectly in time. I like to use the mark than Athens, but each brand to be done.
The pasta comes in what looks like leavesPaper, loosely rolled, wrapped in a plastic sheet. Thaw the dough overnight in the refrigerator. Do you have a pastry brush handy for brushing the filo pastry with melted butter. Carefully remove the plastic and work the dough as quickly as possible. The dryer is, the harder it is to work with. And 'moist, put plastic cling film on the leaves, which are not used and put a damp towel for more. Do not let the phyllo dough in the air longer than necessary, or isfragile and difficult to treat.
Butter the bottom that you use a pan, then place phyllo sheets, brushing butter on each layer in the pan. Brush from the outside, because the edges tend to dry more quickly. Building nine leaves, then add a layer of filling of your choice. You can fill either sweet or salty, like pasta compliments both. For this example I will mention apple filling (7 or 8 chopped apples, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 cups brown sugar, lemon peel andseparately, 2 cups of chopped almonds and 1 cup of brown sugar together. mixed) What I do is a layer of apple filling, then a layer of almonds mixed with sugar, then add nine more layers of phyllo sheets with butter, then repeat until the filling and almonds are sold out. Cover with the last sheet of puff pastry, then cut up butter carefully in a sharp knife. Bake until golden brown in the oven to 350 degrees (oven temperatures vary, to me, bake 45 minutes or more.) Make sure that the pastryis not correct, except when the heating element at the top of the stove to burn. I put my pot in the center of the oven to be sure.
When dough is ready, remove from oven and pour the warmed honey (about a cup) on top while the pasta is still hot. With Filo is so easy. It 'amazing how many applications there are for them. Try for cakes, baklava, napoleons and much more. Be creative and try different fillings that interest you. Just go online and use the right recipeTo find sites like RecipeZaar.com what recipes you like. Although the Athenians site useful recipes with phyllo dough. With phyllo impress your family and prepare dinner as a gastronomic feast.
