Bougatsa
AC

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Bougatsa

Nelly (family friend)
Greek

Ingredients

  • 4 cups milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 orange peel (half an orange)
  • 3/4 cups semolina
  • 1 tsp vanilla powder
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • Filo pastry

Method

  1. 1

    Put milk to boil with orange peel

  2. 2

    In a separate bowl, beat eggs with sugar and vanilla

  3. 3

    Add semolina to egg mixture to make it creamy

  4. 4

    Slowly add the boiled milk to make into a custard

  5. 5

    Put pot into a basin of cold water (no water to go into the pot)

  6. 6

    Add butter while it's in cold water and mix well

  7. 7

    Take pyrex dish and grease it

  8. 8

    Place 6 layers of filo pastry (leave 3 in to fold over) - Layer the filo (butter >filo > butter etc)

  9. 9

    Pour custard mixture into pyrex

  10. 10

    Fold over the extra filo and bake at 180°C until golden brown

  11. 11

    Sprinkle top with icing sugar and cinnamon


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