Galaktoboureko
Galaktoboureko

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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 a traditional Greek dessert made with a custard in a crispy phyllo pastry shell. After all these years it is still a family favorite.

Galaktoboureko is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Galaktoboureko is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have galaktoboureko using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Galaktoboureko:
  1. Make ready 1/2 kg phyllo pastry
  2. Take For the filling
  3. Take 1 cup semolina
  4. Get 1 1/2 cups sugar
  5. Prepare 700 ml full fat milk
  6. Take 300 ml heavy cream
  7. Take 4 eggs
  8. Get 3 tbsp butter
  9. Make ready 2 tsp vanilla essence
  10. Take grated zest of one lemon
  11. Make ready 250 g butter, melted, for brushing the phyllo
  12. Make ready For the syrup
  13. Make ready 700 g sugar
  14. Get 400 ml water
  15. Make ready 2 tbsp glucose syrup
  16. Make ready peel of one lemon
  17. Make ready 1 tbsp lemon juice

Impossible to resist, this creamy custard pie called Galaktoboureko is one of the all-time favorite Greek 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. Galaktoboureko is a classic Greek dessert with mixed origins.

Instructions to make Galaktoboureko:
  1. 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.
  2. Using a pastry brush, liberally grease the bottom and sides of an ovenproof dish with melted butter.
  3. 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.
  4. Prepare the fillingPlace  a saucepan over low heat, and combine the filling ingredients, stirring well.
  5. Separate the 4 eggs.
  6. Beat the egg whites till stiff.
  7. Whisk the yolks separately.
  8. Fold the egg whites gently into the whisked egg yolks.
  9. Add this egg mixture into the filling mixture and stir in using a wooden spoon.
  10. 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.
  11. Pour the filling over the 5 layered phyllo sheets.
  12. Spread evenly.
  13. Layer the rest of the phyllo sheets over the filling, brushing each phyllo sheet first well with butter.
  14. Tuck in all the excess pastry into the sides and into the bottom of the ovendish.
  15. Using a sharp knife, score the top layers of phyllo sheets into squares.
  16. Pour melted butter over the whole surface and then generously sprinkle with cold water.
  17. Bake in a preheated oven, 180°C, for 1 hour, until golden.
  18. 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.
  19. Let the galaktobouriko cool completely and absorb all the syrup.  Do not cover while it is cooling, or it will get soggy.

Gala, meaning milk and burek, borrowed from the Turkish for pie, is a delicious custard and pastry dessert. It is quite common to add an orange sauce to galaktoboureko. I made this one typically sweet and sticky. Galaktoboureko- For dessert you can try to conquer a huge brick of custard and flaky fillo dough topped with cinnamon and a honey sauce. Oh my lands, this is the man of my dreams in dessert form.

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