What is Filo Dough?
Filo dough is a type of pastry dough which is used in many different Greek dishes. It may also be called puff pastry, for its light and fluffy texture, or be spelled phyllo. Filo is a combination of flour, cornstarch, water, and oil. If one is good with pastry, making filo dough may not be much of a challenge. However for those who do not have the time or the “knack,” filo dough is readily available in the freezer or refrigerator sections of must supermarkets. Filo dough is used to make both sweet and savory pastries in traditional Greek cooking. Filo dough is wrapped around spinach, onions and goat cheese to make delectable spanakopita. Layered dough is used to make baklava, the wonderful, crunchy desert, made of layers of the dough with the addition of honey and either walnuts or pine nuts.
