Crinkled Phyllo Pastry Dessert
I had a hard time giving this recipe a name. The base is phyllo with a mix of butter and custard, baked until golden brown. It is not hard to make, but it really is special. I topped mine with crushed toasted pistachios. My guests, including a fellow baker, loved it. It is not overly sweet and tastes so good.
If you are wary to work with phyllo dough, this is a great recipe to start with. The phyllo is just taken, two sheets at a time and kind of folded accordion style, then placed in the baking dish. Tears and rips in the dough don’t matter. Just get the sheets of dough in the pan. At that point, the hardest part is over. The rest is just toasting and adding the rest of the ingredients in stages and baking until golden brown.
I topped mine with chopped pistachios, but you could top with berries, other nuts or a combination.
Here is the recipe. Enjoy!!
Crinkled Phyllo Pastry Dessert
8 oz. phyllo dough
1 stick butter melted
2 large eggs
1 cup milk or half and half
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
Optional Toppings: pistachios, berries
Defrost the phyllo according to package instructions. Preheat the oven to 350°.
Take 2 pieces of phyllo at a time, layering them over each other. Hold the sheets together at the top, letting them hang down from your fingers. Begin to crinkle the sheets by folding them over each other accordion-style until the bottom reaches the top.
Lay the folded dough in an ungreased baking pan starting at the short side. Repeat step 3, folding all of the layers of dough and placing them in the pan until it is full. Bake for 10 minutes. While baking, melt the butter. Remove the pan from the oven, and evenly drizzle the butter on top of the dough. Bake again for 10 minutes. In the meantime, whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and sugar together in a small bowl until it is smooth. Remove the pan from the oven, and evenly pour the egg mixture over the dough. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until the phyllo dough is golden brown and flaky to the touch. Top with pistachios and berries, if desired, and enjoy!
