Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa). In this video I show you how to make bougatsa. Bougatsa is that Greek custard pie that's topped with cinnamon and icing sugar. Bougatsa (Greek custard pie with phyllo) is a traditional Greek dessert made with the most creamy custard wrapped in golden brown crispy phyllo, sprinkled with melted butter and garnished with icing sugar and cinammon.
Recipe Category / Pies and Tarts.
Greek custard pie with phyllo - Bougatsa.
Bougatsa is a Greek custard pie with phyllo.
You can cook Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa) using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa)
- It's 1.5 Liter of Milk.
- You need 250 grams of Butter.
- You need 1/2 cup of Semolina.
- Prepare 1 of Vanilla power or 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract.
- You need 1 package of Phyllo Dough.
- It's of Powder Sugar.
- It's of Cinnamon.
Since my last recipe for portokalopita, I got all these comments and questions on how to use phyllo. Bougatsa is a traditional cream-filled phyllo pastry. The cream is a rich custard wrapped in crispy phyllo. Enjoy this pastry for breakfast or along with your.
Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa) step by step
- Melt butter in sauce pan..
- Semolina..
- Fold phyllo in half (one side overlapping the other side) and use a knife to cut the middle..
- Take a large sauce pan and add in the milk, sugar and vanilla. Once the milk starts to boil add in the Semolina, boil on medium heat until the cream has thickened..
- Butter the baking pan..
- Take a phyllo sheet, place it into the baking pan, then push one side of the dough towards the other..
- Add the thicken cream, continue to lay the rest of the phyllo and the butter and make sure that all the edges have been covered with butter. Take a fork or knife and push down all the edges of the dough into the baking pan. Bake for 40 minutes depending on your oven. Top with plenty of sugar powder and cinnamon. Kali Orexi!!! 🙂.
Gradually sprinkle in semolina, letting it flow out of your hand in a thin stream; add a pinch of salt. A recipe for Greek Custard Pie, otherwise known as Galaktoboureko. You should try Bougatsa, it's a different recipe but basically tastes like Galaktoboureko served warm and with cinnamon. Bougatsa is a traditional, rustic Greek pie consisting of a phyllo pastry layered with a filling of minced meat, cheese, or semolina custard. The name of the dish is a derivation of the Ottoman word pogatsa, denoting a pie filled with cheese.
