Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa)
Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa)

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In this video I show you how to make bougatsa. Bougatsa is that Greek custard pie that's topped with cinnamon and icing sugar. Greek Bougatsa - Creamy custard pie with pastry - Μπουγάτσα BY: Greek Cooking Made Easy SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel to see all my delicious recipes.

Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek custard pie (bougatsa) using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa):
  1. Take 1.5 Liter Milk
  2. Make ready 250 grams Butter
  3. Get 1/2 cup Semolina
  4. Take 1 Vanilla power or 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
  5. Take 1 package Phyllo Dough
  6. Take Powder Sugar
  7. Make ready Cinnamon

Recipe Category / Pies and Tarts. Greek custard pie with phyllo - Bougatsa. And, is bougatsa just galaktoboureko, minus the syrup? The bougatsa versus galaktoboureko debate is a little more complex.

Instructions to make Greek Custard Pie (Bougatsa):
  1. Melt butter in sauce pan.
  2. Semolina.
  3. Fold phyllo in half (one side overlapping the other side) and use a knife to cut the middle.
  4. 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.
  5. Butter the baking pan.
  6. Take a phyllo sheet, place it into the baking pan, then push one side of the dough towards the other.
  7. 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!!! 🙂

Although both are custard desserts encased in phyllo, one of the major differences is that galaktoboureko is soaked in syrup which is often flavoured with citrus. I just gave very detailed instructions on how to fold the pastry up properly to enclose the custard filling. Directions to Make Bougatsa: Add the egg, egg yolk, and sugar to a medium bowl and beat on medium speed using an electric mixer until the mixture is light and fluffy. 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.

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