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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Beat the eggs with the sugar until thick. | 2. Add semolina, milk, zest and vanilla extract. | 3. Cook over a low heat until mixture thickens, stirring continuously. | 4. Remove from heat; stir in 4 tbsp butter. | 5. Butter a baking pan 9x12x2 inches and lay 2/3 of pastry sheets, brushing each sheet generously with melted butter. | 6. The edges of the pastry sheets should come up above the top of the pan. | 7. Spread milk custard mixture over pastry sheets and turn in the edges of the phyllo over the custard. | 8. Cover with remaining pastry sheets, buttering each one generously with melted butter once it gets into the baking pan. | 9. Pour any remaining butter over top. | 10. Cut through the first 3 pastry sheets (no one will kill you if it's 4! Just use a light touch and a very sharp, pointy knife.) in 3 inch squares and sprinkle pastry with water. | 11. Bake in a moderate (350°F-180°C) oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour- until golden on top (not golden-brown). | 12. Allow to cool. | 13. Boil the sugar, water and lemon juice for 5 minutes. | 14. Pour lukewarm syrup over the cooled 'Galaktoboureko'. | 15. Cool before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
egg	6			429.0	2.16	37.68	28.53
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
fine semolina	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
milk	8	cups		1190.72	93.3056	61.488	63.8304
lemon zest	2		grated	-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
butter	4	tablespoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
phyllo pastry	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
butter	3/4	cup	melted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
sugar	2	cups		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	3	tablespoons		10.065	3.1568	0.1601	0.1098

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.