Custard Pie( Galatoboúreko ) -

Custard Pie
( Galatoboúreko )

1 portion, calories: 370. Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Ingredients

12 ready-made sheets of fyllo pastry
1 cup of good quality butter
½ cup of sugar
4 glasses of milk
1 glass of fine semolina
6 eggs, beaten, vanilla

For the syrup:

4 glasses of sugar
2 glasses of water
The peel of 1 lemon
Vanilla
The juice of half a lemon

Method

Put in a saucepan the sugar and the milk to heat, adding the semolina a little at a time, stirring constantly. Before it thickens completely, remove from heat, wait until the boiling ceases then add the eggs and the vanilla very gradually. Spread the 6 sheets of pastry in an oblong baking tin, coating each one with butter, which should have been melted beforehand. Then spread the mixture in the tin evenly and cover with the other 6 sheets of pastry, coating each one as before. Mark out the top sheet into squares with a knife to make serving easier once the pastry has cooled. Allow the oven to heat and bake the sweet for about 30 minutes. Prepare the syrup: Put the 4 glasses of sugar and the water in a saucepan and boil for 10 minutes, adding the lemon peel, the lemon juice and the vanilla. Pour the syrup hot over the custard pie, then cut to serve once it has cooled.

Related food category:

• Cakes and Pastries
• Dessert