Easy Peasy Milk Pie
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Sweet
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Greek
- 7 phylo sheets
- ⅓ cup butter or margarine
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 cups warm milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 vanillin
- Caster sugar or confectioner’s sugar and cinnamon for dusting on top
- Preheat the oven at 175° C/ 345° F.
- Butter a rounded pan with diameter 30cm or 12 in.
- Take a phylo sheet and place the short side towards you.
- Crumple the sheet and place it loosely in circle in the pan.
- Do the same with the rest of the sheets.
- Melt the butter in the microwave and pour it on top of the sheets trying to spread it so as to go everywhere.
- Dust with cinnamon and place it in the oven.
- Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes or until the phylo sheets have taken a nice golden color.
- In the meantime, in a bowl whish the sugar and the eggs.
- Add the milk and the vanilla and incorporate.
- When the phylo sheets are golden remove from the oven and pour on top of them the milk batter making sure it goes everywhere.
- Place again in the oven and bake for another 25 minutes or until the milk batter has become cream.
- Remove from the oven, let it rest for 5 minutes, dust with confectioner’s sugar and cinnamon and serve while it is warm.
- If you have leftovers, place them in the fridge and just reheat them before serving them.
Recipe adapted from Vefa Alexiadou
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/easy-peasy-milk-pie/
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