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Phyllo Pastry Recipes

Phyllo means leaf. Everything from spanakopita to baklava rests on it, and the difference between good and bad phyllo cooking is almost entirely about fat and patience.

Greek cooking uses a narrow pantry very well. A handful of ingredients appear again and again, in different combinations and cooked in different ways, and knowing what each one does is more useful than memorising individual recipes.

Dishes built on it include Spanakopita, Baklavas, Galaktoboureko, Tiropita, Bougatsa and Trigona Panoramatos.

Every recipe on Kalliopi's Kitchen carries the dish's Greek name and a pronunciation, its region where that is meaningful, ingredient quantities in both metric and imperial, and an honest note on what commonly goes wrong. Nutrition figures are calculated estimates and are labelled as such.

Phyllo Pastry Recipes

19 recipes on the site so far.

A tray of spanakopita cut into squares showing green spinach filling under crisp golden phyllo Greek Breads and PiesGreek Spanakopita Σπανακόπιτα · 1h 30m · serves 8 Diamond-cut baklava pieces glossy with honey syrup, studded with walnuts and a clove Greek DessertsGreek Baklava Μπακλαβάς · 1h 45m · serves 24 A square of galaktoboureko showing thick yellow custard between crisp golden phyllo Greek DessertsGalaktoboureko Γαλακτομπούρεκο · 1h 30m · serves 12 A square of Greek cheese pie with crisp layered phyllo and a pale creamy filling Greek Breads and PiesTiropita Τυρόπιτα · 1h 15m · serves 8 Squares of bougatsa custard pastry dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon Greek Breakfast RecipesBougatsa Μπουγάτσα · 1h 10m · serves 8 Thessaloniki trigona Panoramatos custard-filled pastry triangles Greek DessertsTrigona Panoramatos Τρίγωνα Πανοράματος · 1h 20m · serves 10 A slice of Epirus tyropita cheese pie showing a thick custardy filling Greek Breads and PiesTyropita Epirus Τυρόπιτα Ηπείρου · 1h 45m · serves 8 A slice of Greek prasopita leek and feta pie showing layered phyllo Greek Breads and PiesPrasopita Πρασόπιτα · 1h 30m · serves 8 A slice of Greek kreatopita meat pie showing layered phyllo and filling Greek Breads and PiesKreatopita Κρεατόπιτα · 1h 50m · serves 8 A tray of golden Greek tiropitakia trigona cheese triangle pastries Greek Meze and AppetisersTiropitakia Trigona Τυροπιτάκια τρίγωνα · 1h 10m · serves 8 A slice of Greek milopita apple phyllo pie showing layered crisp pastry Greek DessertsMilopita Μηλόπιτα · 1h 20m · serves 10 A slice of Greek spanakotyropita spinach and cheese pie Greek Breads and PiesSpanakotyropita Σπανακοτυρόπιτα · 1h 25m · serves 8 A slice of Greek kotopita chicken pie showing layered phyllo and filling Greek Breads and PiesKotopita Κοτόπιτα · 1h 30m · serves 8 A slice of Greek hortopita wild greens pie Greek Breads and PiesHortopita Χορτόπιτα · 1h 25m · serves 8 A slice of Greek melitzanopita aubergine and feta phyllo pie Greek Breads and PiesMelitzanopita Μελιτζανόπιτα · 1h 35m · serves 8 Greek Main CoursesExohiko Εξοχικό · 1h 40m · serves 4 Greek Meze and AppetisersBourekakia me Kima Μπουρεκάκια με κιμά · 1h 20m · serves 8 A tray of Greek kataifi shredded pastry and walnut rolls in syrup Greek DessertsKataifi Κανταΐφι · 1h 15m · serves 12 A dish of Greek ekmek kataifi with custard and whipped cream Greek DessertsEkmek Kataifi Έκμεκ κανταΐφι · 1h 15m · serves 10

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