Phyllo Pastry RecipeOrigin: Britain Period: Traditional |
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Of all the various pastries listed on this site, phyllo (also known as Filo) pastry is probably the most difficult and time-consuming to produce, which is why even chefs tend to buy it in. It also breaks all the conventional rules of pastry making in that the ingredients need to be warm and you treat the pastry roughly so the flour releases more gluten and you can achieve a thinner consistency. Ingredients:
225g strong plain flour 
Phyllo Pastry Preparation:Method:Sift the flour into a bowl then add the remaining ingredients and mix to a dough. Scoop from the bowl and, quite literally, throw it down onto a flat working surface. There is no point being gentle here. Beat and knead the dough as roughly as you can then gather the dough up and throw onto the work surface once again. You kneed to repeat the kneading and throwing process several times. What's happening here is that you're releasing as much gluten as possible from the flour. You're then encouraging the gluten molecules to cross-link with one another which both makes the dough more elastic and more resilient, allowing you to roll it out much thinner than you normally would be able to. Dust a clean tablecloth with flour, add the dough and roll out as thinly as you can. Now, starting from the centre of the dough begin stretching the dough out as thinly as you can, using your hands. Your are aiming for a dough that's completely translucent across it's entire length. Leave the dough to dry and rest for 15 minutes before using. |
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