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Easy Homemade Phyllo Dough for Beginners! Recipe

Easy Homemade Phyllo Dough Recipe for Beginners

Bushra
A beginner-friendly recipe for making traditional Greek phyllo dough from scratch
Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dough
Cuisine Greek
Servings 4 phyllo sheets

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl
  • Rolling Pin
  • Dough hook

Ingredients
  

For the Dough

  • 300 g strong bread flour (10.5 ounces)
  • 5 tbsps olive oil
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 130-150 g lukewarm water (1/2-3/4 of a cup)

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl add the flour and salt, make a well in the centre and pour in the vinegar and the olive oil. Using a dough hook mix to combine the ingredients for 10-15 seconds. (Tip: The vinegar helps the dough to become crispy.)
  • Start by adding 130g of water at first (1/2 a cup) and mix, until the flour absorbs the water; after mixing for a while, the dough should become an elastic ball. The perfect dough should be soft, malleable and smooth.
  • When you are happy with the consistency of your dough, cut the dough in balls (slightly larger then a golf ball, approx. 80gr each, depending on size of the tray), coat lightly with olive oil, wrap with some plastic wrap and let the dough rest for 60 minutes, or longer.
  • Place one ball of dough on a floured surface coat your rolling pin with some flour. Make a circle of dough with your hands.
  • Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough, until it becomes a very thin round sheet; the thinner, the better.

Notes

The thickness of the phyllo dough depends on what you will be using it for. If you are making a spinach pie, then the dough is rolled out a little bit thicker than if you are making a feta cheese pie.
Keyword basic filo dough recipe, beginner-friendly phyllo, Greek pastry dough, phyllo pastry homemade, traditional baklava dough
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