| Best of all, though, is the warm hazelnut chocolate cake, presented in a bouquet of phyllo with a spoonful of mascarpone ice cream. |
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| Fried cheese, octopus salad, spicy grilled meats, and dishes made with phyllo reflect different cultural influences. |
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| The last day of our staycation I made a blueberry-cream cheese strudel, and had a few phyllo sheets leftover. |
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| This was followed by bay scallops wrapped in phyllo with Camembert, which were fabulously rich, and presented on a small rectangular plate. |
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| The beggar's purse, in particular, is a visual treat, with apple filling wrapped like a present in golden, flaky phyllo. |
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| The traditional Arab dessert is baklava, which is an exquisite pastry with layers of phyllo dough covered with nuts and honey. |
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| Traditional Greek foods are favorites of Greek Cypriots, such as baklava, made from phyllo pastry, nuts, honey and syrup. |
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| With no time to stuff and wrap the phyllo, I added a little more sour cream and a lot more cheese, spread the mixture in a pan and baked it. |
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| Beneath a nest of angel hair phyllo shreds is a layer of bizarre, bland melted cheese in a pool of honey syrup. |
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| Before food processors and dough machines, bakers in Mediterranean palaces would shape and stretch phyllo by hand. |
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| A peppery, spinach-and-feta-stuffed turnover of brittle phyllo pastry is a kick. |
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| While the phyllo pastry was nice and crisp, the dish itself was just a little bland. |
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| The most outlandish dessert was a mass of honeyed phyllo, piled like feathers over diced pears and a blob of melted Pecorino cheese. |
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| Spread a mushroom-onion filling or a spinach-cannellini bean combo on butter-brushed phyllo. |
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| To assemble, remove phyllo sheets from package. Return remainder to box and refrigerate for another use. |
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| Top with the second sheet of phyllo pastry and brush with remaining butter. |
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| Note: To serve as appetizers on a bed of baby salad leaves, bake phyllo cups in a regular muffin tin. |
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| It consisted of a small layered cube of wild daylily tuber and wild honey mushrooms — a phyllo of the soil. |
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| The oil heats and expands during baking helping the phyllo to be crispier but don't over do it as you don't want the pie to be greasy. |
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| Some desserts have been adapted from Turkish dishes, which can be seen in the common use of the paper-thin sheets of phyllo pastry in them. |
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| The first bite of spinach pie — that sublime blend of spinach and eggs and phyllo pastry — brought tears to my eyes. |
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| Cut the phyllo sheets in half to make rectangles of the same size as the baking dish. |
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| Keep the remainder of the phyllo covered with damp towel to prevent drying out. |
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| Drape the phyllo circles over the prepared molds to form into cups. |
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| Place the stack of phyllo dough sheets on a cutting board and cover it with a slightly damp towel. |
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| The phyllo cooks until golden, crisp, and flaky, and the cheesy spinach filling is addictive, to say the least. |
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| His raspberry napoleon consists of fat, fresh berries stacked on layers of sugary phyllo pastry, with rich deposits of lemongrass-coconut curd in between. |
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| Then there was the obligatory gooey, melting chocolate dish, imaginatively packaged here in little purses of phyllo and dusted with powdered sugar. |
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| A rich stew of chicken, raisins and slivered almonds is flavoured with nutmeg and cinnamon, wrapped in a phyllo shell and dusted with powdered sugar. |
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| There are little pockets of caramel wrapped in phyllo, and a decent bowl of summer cherries flavored with a scoop of ice cream tasting faintly of tea. |
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| All three pastas are clogged by overthick, underseasoned sauces, and the poor li'l rainbow trout can hardly find its way clear of its phyllo crust and vegetable ragout. |
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| Fold phyllo edges over chicken and roll up. |
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| Transfer shrimp mixture to phyllo cups, dividing evenly. Garnish each cup with a whole shrimp or a ginger rosette, as well as a coriander leaf and a quarterslice of lime. |
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| You can see the Greek influence with avgolemono sauces and the use of yogurt and phyllo dough. |
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| Fold one corner of phyllo strip over filling to make triangle. |
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| Cut stacked phyllo pastry into 24 squares. |
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| Cover with 3 more phyllo sheets brushed with butter. |
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| Repeat with another third of the phyllo and the remaining nut mixture. |
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| He and Tamimi had decided, instead, on the combination of ricotta and soft white goat cheese that he now mixed together with a fork and spread over half the phyllo sheets, leaving me to cover the mixture with the rest. |
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| Among the most popular traditional Albanian dishes are fli, a dish of pancakelike pastry layered with cream and yogurt, and pite, a phyllo pastry with cheese, meat, or vegetable filling. |
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| Place phyllo sheets on a work surface, keeping them covered with a tea towel. |
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| For baklava, 30 or 40 sheets of phyllo, each brushed liberally with melted butter, are layered in a baking pan with finely chopped walnuts, pistachios, or almonds. |
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| Place frozen phyllo dough in refrigerator for 7-8 hours to thaw overnight. |
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| Like the phyllo and strudel doughs of Europe, making the dough is an acquired skill that takes most Moroccans years to master. |
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| To assemble, place one sheet of phyllo on a flat surface and brush with butter. |
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| A sweeter adaptation called tikvenik is created by filling rolls of phyllo dough with roasted pumpkin and walnuts, then covering it with lots of powdered sugar. |
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| You'll also find some risotto recipes and incredible desserts including a plum tart in phyllo dough, spiced apple and almond cake, and a Greek currant cake. |
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| Phyllo dough, strudel leaves, or feuille de brik are all suitable substitutes. |
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