Cookbook:Phyllo Dough

Phyllo Dough
Category	Dough recipes
Difficulty

Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes

Phyllo dough is a simple dough, based primarily on flour and water, that is rolled out extremely thin and layered to make flaky baked goods.

Ingredients

• 1 kg all-purpose flour
• 50 ml (4 tbsp) oil
• 300–400 ml (1⅔–2 cups) hot water

Procedure

1. Mix all the ingredients using a mixer with a dough hook or your hands. Mix until you get a smooth, elastic but not sticky dough.
2. Let the dough rest for a few hours, preferably in the fridge wrapped in plastic.
3. Cut into small pieces. Flatten each piece using a pasta maker. Follow the same procedure of your machine as for pasta: pass it several times in the machine size 1, folding, it in two until you get a nicely shaped dough. Then increment each time the size on the machine until you reached the desired size. You can alternatively use a rolling pin with a lot of courage. The dough should be extremely thin.

Notes, tips, and variations

• If you use a pasta roller to make lasagne style dough sheets, you can then use a rolling pin to make it wider and even thinner. For example cut the pasta roller sheets into 40cm lengths then use a rolling pin to obtain 40x30cm sheets.
• Phyllo dough is used in several countries, with slight variations. You might want to adjust the quantity of oil or add lemon juice, vinegar, spirit, salt, or even egg whites.