Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, galaktoboureko. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Galaktoboureko - Greek Custard Dessert Made Easy - Γαλακτομπούρεκο. GALAKTOBOUREKO (Creamy Custard Pie): GreekRecipes.tv Patricia. Galaktoboureko is a traditional Greek dessert made with layers of golden brown crispy phyllo, sprinkled with melted butter, filled with the most creamy custard and bathed in scented syrup.
Galaktoboureko is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Galaktoboureko is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook galaktoboureko using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Galaktoboureko:
- Get 1/2 kg phyllo pastry
- Prepare For the filling
- Take 1 cup semolina
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups sugar
- Take 700 ml full fat milk
- Take 300 ml heavy cream
- Make ready 4 eggs
- Take 3 tbsp butter
- Get 2 tsp vanilla essence
- Make ready grated zest of one lemon
- Prepare 250 g butter, melted, for brushing the phyllo
- Take For the syrup
- Take 700 g sugar
- Make ready 400 ml water
- Take 2 tbsp glucose syrup
- Take peel of one lemon
- Take 1 tbsp lemon juice
See more ideas about Recipes, Galaktoboureko recipe, Desserts. Add the lemon at the end. A tip my grandmother gave me was to either have a hot galaktoboureko with a cooled syrup or the other way around. This traditional galaktoboureko recipe will having everyone reaching for seconds.
Steps to make Galaktoboureko:
- Place all the syrup ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to boil and let boil for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and allow syrup to cool.
- Using a pastry brush, liberally grease the bottom and sides of an ovenproof dish with melted butter.
- Brush each phyllo with melted butter and layer the first 5 into your dish, making sure the sides of the dish are also covered. Work fast, because phyllo pastry dries up very quickly. Keep the remainder of the phyllo covered with a damp dishcloth, to prevent it from drying out.
- Prepare the fillingPlace a saucepan over low heat, and combine the filling ingredients, stirring well.
- Separate the 4 eggs.
- Beat the egg whites till stiff.
- Whisk the yolks separately.
- Fold the egg whites gently into the whisked egg yolks.
- Add this egg mixture into the filling mixture and stir in using a wooden spoon.
- Add 3 tbsp butter, while stirring all the time in circular motions, until the filling thickens into a smooth, velvety and light cream. Remove from the heat.
- Pour the filling over the 5 layered phyllo sheets.
- Spread evenly.
- Layer the rest of the phyllo sheets over the filling, brushing each phyllo sheet first well with butter.
- Tuck in all the excess pastry into the sides and into the bottom of the ovendish.
- Using a sharp knife, score the top layers of phyllo sheets into squares.
- Pour melted butter over the whole surface and then generously sprinkle with cold water.
- Bake in a preheated oven, 180°C, for 1 hour, until golden.
- As soon as the galaktobouriko comes out of the oven, and while it is still hot, spoon over the whole surface the cooled syrup. Make sure the phyllo parstry is well drenched.
- Let the galaktobouriko cool completely and absorb all the syrup. Do not cover while it is cooling, or it will get soggy.
Ah, the famous traditional galaktoboureko (γαλακτομπούρεκο). Impossible to resist, this creamy custard pie called Galaktoboureko is one of the all-time favorite Greek desserts. Galaktoboureko is a type of dessert that comes from Greece. It is made from custard that is layered between sheets of phyllo pastry. This dish differs from similar desserts in that it is assembled before.
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