Stack attack: the rise of phyllo.(Back to Basics)(Recipe)

From: Art Culinaire | Date: September 22, 2007 | Copyright information

ULTRA-THIN FLATBREADS HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND MEDITERR ANEAN FOR MILLENNIA AND ARE CALLED BY MANY NAMES TODAY IT IS THE GREEK NAME PHYLLO THAT WIDELY APPLIES PERHAPS IN DEFERENCE TO THOSE WHO FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WITHOUT A ROLLING PIN.

From Flat to Flatter

Phyllo is the thinnest flatbread of them all, measuring as little as 4/1000th of an inch thick. At that size, it has to be layered forty deep to make a respectable baklava. It's s...

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