Recipe of Award-winning Galaktoboureko

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, galaktoboureko. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Galaktoboureko is a traditional Greek dessert made with a custard in a crispy phyllo pastry shell. After all these years it is still a family favorite. I hope that everyone enjoys it as much as we do. 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 is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Galaktoboureko is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook galaktoboureko using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Galaktoboureko:

1. Prepare 1/2 kg phyllo pastry
2. Get For the filling
3. Get 1 cup semolina
4. Get 1 1/2 cups sugar
5. Take 700 ml full fat milk
6. Get 300 ml heavy cream
7. Get 4 eggs
8. Take 3 tbsp butter
9. Take 2 tsp vanilla essence
10. Get grated zest of one lemon
11. Make ready 250 g butter, melted, for brushing the phyllo
12. Take For the syrup
13. Get 700 g sugar
14. Take 400 ml water
15. Get 2 tbsp glucose syrup
16. Take peel of one lemon
17. Prepare 1 tbsp lemon juice

Add the sugar and stir until dissolved. If you can get past the tongue twister name, Galaktoboureko (gah-lahk-toh-BOO-reh-koh) can easily become your favorite Greek pastry as well. It's a divine combination of creamy custard and flaky phyllo dough that is baked to golden perfection and then drenched with a lemon and orange infused syrup. This is Aki's version of one of the all-time favorite traditional Greek desserts called "Galaktoboureko"!

Steps to make Galaktoboureko:

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.

It's a divine combination of creamy custard and flaky phyllo dough that is baked to golden perfection and then drenched with a lemon and orange infused syrup. This is Aki's version of one of the all-time favorite traditional Greek desserts called "Galaktoboureko"! A creamy custard made from semolina, wrapped in sheets of phyllo and soaked in syrup! It is actually a very fresh and delicate tasting sweet that you will love! I love, love, love, love, love Galaktoboureko.

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