Bougatsa (greek Cream-filled Phyllo Pastries)

Name: Bougatsa (greek Cream-filled Phyllo Pastries)
Prep time: 43 min
Cook time: 43 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Mediterranean, European, Greek
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter , cut into bits; 1 serving cinnamon; 1 egg , room temperature; 1 egg yolk, room temperature; 1 serving icing sugar; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 1 lemon, zest of; 8 phyllo pastry , thawed, covered with dampened towel; 59 milliliters semolina (farina); 59 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 355 milliliters whole milk

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Bougatsa (greek Cream-filled Phyllo Pastries) a try. This vegetarian recipe serves 1. One portion of this dish contains roughly 187g of protein, 249g of fat, and a total of 8318 calories. It is an expensive recipe for fans of Mediterranean food. Head to the store and pick up semolina, phyllo pastry, lemon juice, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 43 minutes.

Ingredients

Servings:

118milliliters

butter , cut into bits 1serving

cinnamon 1

egg , room temperature 1

egg yolk, room temperature 1serving

icing sugar 2teaspoons

fresh lemon juice 1

lemon, zest of 8

phyllo pastry , thawed, covered with dampened towel 59milliliters

semolina (farina)59milliliters

sugar 1teaspoons

vanilla extract 355milliliters

whole milk

Recommended wine: Agiorgitiko, Assyrtiko, Moschofilero

Greek works really well with Agiorgitiko, Assyrtiko, and Moschofilero. If you feel like going Greek with your Greek food, assyrtiko and moschofilero are both lovely white wines to pair with chicken, seafood, etc. Agiorgitiko is a full bodied red suitable for roasted meats and lamb. You could try Skouras Saint George Agiorgitiko. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.1 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 18 dollars per bottle.