Greek Food Tv☼ Filo Pastry -Classic Greek Phyllo Dough

[ILOVEMFEO]

i find making homemade fylo impossible and sadly cannot find it in brussels where i live... there are all kinds of dough but no fylo, which btw i used to eat raw, (like most greek kids do), everytime my mom was making tyropita or spanakopita ;)

[GreekFoodTV]

@ILOVEMFEO Take a look at the GreekFoodTv recipe for leek pie with homemade phyllo. There you will see the whole process. Making the pastry really is easy.

[datzfast]

@ILOVEMFEO i dont believe you cant find it in brussels, your probably just to lazy in your search.

[FakeDead]

pfffft... show us how you make the super thin layers and then say how easy it is... GreekFoodTV just googled some recipe

[GreekFoodTV]

@FakeDead Take a look at the GreekFoodTv recipe for leek pie with homemade phyllo. There you will see the whole process. Making the pastry really is easy.

[Kemikaza84]

When Americans make European food it just turns me off because I get the feeling that it's not authentic enough.

[AnnoulaXeni]

@Kemikaza8 Well, not ALL Americans bastardize European recipes -- Diane's are generally VERY authentic, so if you can get ahold of good (that is, again, authentic) ingredients, you'd be making very good Greek food indeed if you were to follow her instructions.

It all depends on the cook ...

[Kemikaza84]

@AnnoulaXeni That is correct ;-)

[reevesparkbeach]

I saw dnworks filo and it was excellent. I am having trouble posting a comment though.

[reevesparkbeach]

how do you get the flaky layers for a spanakopita?

[misterfunnybones]

@reevesparkbeach Yeah, I agree. You know what's "really easy?" Posting VIDEOS on youtube. Stills (GreekFoodTV's "Ken Burns" montage) are for Flickr, Photobucket, Panoramio, Picasa, etc. Now let's see that pastry rolled thinner than an anorexic flatworm...in real time, and no cheating. reevesparkbeach and I wanna see that.

[RicardoKaka01]

as smooth as a baby's behind???

[dnworks]

If you want to see the whole process, meaning the actual rolling out of the filo check out the video "Gluten free baklava" by yours trully ... a greek that sill does it!

[Petalouda1968]

I want to see the entire process..

[GreekFoodTV]

@Petalouda1968 Take a look at the GreekFoodTv recipe for leek pie with homemade phyllo. There you will see the whole process. Making the pastry really is easy.

[dnworks]

Rolling the filo out is a trick, but not that tough. I have to do it because I have celiac disease and cannot use the store-bought kind ... celiacs cannot eat wheat, rye or barley. I learned how to roll filo and show how to do it on a youtube video ... search for my youtube name ... dnworks

Dimitrios

[Lisanab]

useless

[EvelynGB]

sooooooooooooooooooooo... is that it?

I guess it will be buying mine at the shops still. :(

[AnnoulaXeni]

"A little deceiving"?! Wildly deceiving more like!

Much as I generally like Diane's recipes, here she's having a go. Making real filo is hardly "easy" although making the DOUGH for filo is (and that's ALL she's doing here). The stretching into paper-thin sheets is an art -- so much so that very few Greeks still do it.

Diane, on your tours take your clients to a real filo-making shop (there's a brilliant one in Kallithea) but don't post these misleading "recipes"!

[foodsenses]

@AnnoulaXeni I will also add thta she forget to mention that it is very important to use a proper mix of High Protein / Gluten flour & All Purpose flour, in order to be able to stretch the dough leafs. But on the other hand she's encouraging people to try cooking and nevertheless producing valuable videos.

[foodsenses]

@AnnoulaXeni I will also add that she forget to mention that it is very important to use a proper mix of High Protein / Gluten flour & All Purpose flour, in order to be able to stretch the dough leafs. But on the other hand she's encouraging people to try cooking and nevertheless producing valuable videos.

[AnnoulaXeni]

@foodsenses I agree with both of your points. And by the way, Diane's crust looks great and like a VERY authentic 'village' crust, I just think it's just a bit misleading to non-Greeks who have only one association with "Filo" dough which of course is the packaged super-thin dough which I still hold is an art to make.

However, the word 'filo' in Greek just means 'sheet' so in that sense there's nothing misleading at all about Diane's use of it, or at least not to people who understand Greek.

[EllasChiK]

den exw ksana akousi gia ouzo se auti ti sintagi, oute gia lemoni, prepei na to dokimaso mia mera lol

[eddiesluver]

This video is actually a little deceiving because it isnt really as simple as that. You have to have a feel for the doe, its not just as simple as kneed and fold.

Diane you should do another vid on this actually showing the entire process, un-edited so that you can discuss the feeling as you are doing it, it would be much better for the viewers who have no clue about making filo.

I make it with my yiayia when we make diropita, even the air temperature and wind can ruin it.

[datzfast]

spo how do you streatch it

[WeaTheRgrlx0x]

ei yiayia mou ayorazie to phyllo zymari kai kanei pita