Milk pie
Orange Milk Pie
Directions
- Scald milk in a large saucepan; stir in 4 tablespoons butter and sugar. Gradually add farina, stirring constantly and bring mixture slowly to a boil.
- Remove from heat.
- Beat eggs in a bowl until they are frothy and lemon-colored.
- Slowly stir hot farina mixture into egg mixture.
- Add orange juice concentrate and vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a 9 x 12-inch baking pan with 1 sheet of phyllo (some of which should hang over the pan) and brush with butter (keep unused phyllo covered with plastic wrap; )
- Layer 5 more sheets of buttered phyllo in the pan so that bottom and sides are completely covered, with some overhang on all edges.
- Pour in cooled custard.
- Cover with 1 sheet of phyllo; brush with butter.
- Layer 5 more individually buttered sheets of phyllo on top, and fold in overhang.
- With a sharp knife, slice through top layers of phyllo, marking off 21/4-inch squares or diamond shapes.
- Bake for 10 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes, or until golden.
- While pastry bakes, prepare the syrup: Place ingredients in a large saucepan, bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes. Let cool.
- Place pastry pan on a rack and cool for 5 minutes.
- Pour cooled orange syrup over galaktoboureko.
- Cut all the way through and serve at room temperature.
Ingredients
- 4 cups milk
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 1 stick
- (1/4 pound) unsalted butter, melted, for brushing
- phyllo
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup uncooked regular farina
- 4 eggs
- 3 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, undiluted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 pound phyllo pastry
ORANGE SYRUP
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 11/2 cups sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 whole cloves
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
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