How to make filo pastry

Make your own phyllo dough using this excellent step-by-step recipe from Chef John. It's way more fun than buying it frozen from the store!

How to make phyllo dough is a question we asked ourselves after enjoying many traditional Greek and Cretan pies. When our Airbnb host from Crete said she would show us how, we jumped at the opportunity. With only five ingredients, this homemade phyllo dough recipe is simple to make. Instead of pre-packaged dough, take your recipes up a notch with homemade phyllo dough.

This recipe for homemade Phyllo (Filo) pastry is flaky, crunchy, and super thin. You will ned only 4 ingredients to make it.

If you are crazy enough to want to attempt to make your own homemade filo pastry, check out my baking basics post for tips for success!

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Antoniou Fillo Pastry on Instagram: "KATAIFI TIROPITA ROLLS. Tiropita is a Greek cheese pie traditionally made with Fillo Pastry. It can however, also be made using Kataifi Pastry. Watch along as Mary shows us how easy it is to create these delicious Kataifi Tiropita rolls. Crispy Kataifi Pastry filled with Feta cheese, ricotta cheese and mint, served with honey – yum! You’ll find the recipe on the Antoniou Fillo Pastry website, there is a link in our Instagram bio. Here is the direct link…

Soft and fluffy semolina custard, wrapped inside layers of crispy filo, all covered in a nicely thickened syrup!

Homemade Phyllo Pastry Recipe with step by step pictures. Phyllo means leaf or sheet in Greek, refers to the pastry that is wrapped around savory and sweet pies.