Easiest Way to Make Tasty Galaktoboureko

Galaktoboureko. 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 - Greek Custard Dessert Made Easy - Γαλακτομπούρεκο. GALAKTOBOUREKO (Creamy Custard Pie): GreekRecipes.tv Patricia.

I hope that everyone enjoys it as much as we do. Greek Custard Pie - Galaktoboureko by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis. An authentic traditional Greek recipe with a creamy custard filling between crunchy phyllo! You can have Galaktoboureko using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Galaktoboureko

1. Prepare of phyllo pastry.
2. You need of For the filling.
3. You need of semolina.
4. Prepare of sugar.
5. It's of full fat milk.
6. It's of heavy cream.
7. You need of eggs.
8. You need of butter.
9. You need of vanilla essence.
10. Prepare of grated zest of one lemon.
11. Prepare of butter, melted, for brushing the phyllo.
12. You need of For the syrup.
13. It's of sugar.
14. It's of water.
15. It's of glucose syrup.
16. You need of peel of one lemon.
17. Prepare of lemon juice.

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. Gala, meaning milk and burek, borrowed from the Turkish for pie, is a delicious custard and pastry dessert.

Galaktoboureko step by step

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..

Impossible to resist, this creamy custard pie called Galaktoboureko is one of the all-time favorite Greek desserts. This traditional galaktoboureko recipe will having everyone reaching for seconds. Ah, the famous traditional galaktoboureko (γαλακτομπούρεκο). It is quite common to add an orange sauce to galaktoboureko. I made this one typically sweet and sticky.