Milopita (Greek Apple Pastry)
Recipe
- Title:
- Milopita (Greek Apple Pastry)
- Categories:
- Desserts, Greek
- Yield:
- 8 servings
Directions
- Karen Mintzias 1 lb Commercial filo sheets
Ingredients
FILLING
- 8
- Apples*
- 1 tb Cornstarch
- 1/2 c Sugar
- 1/4 c Currants or raisins
- 1/2 ts Cinnamon
- 1/2 c Walnuts
- 1/2 ts Allspice
- 1/2 c Butter; melted
Ingredients
TOPPING
- 1 c Powdered sugar
Directions
- *Note- Apples should be cored, peeled and chopped.
- If desired, 2 cups canned apples (drained) may be substituted.
Directions
- Defrost frozen filo to room temperature, 2 to 4 hours.
- Mix filling in a bowl tossing ingredients with a spoon.
- Set aside.
- Lay 5 sheets filo flat, one on top of each other, with a little melted butter brushed between the sheets.
- Spread 1 cup of filling along one end.
- Roll filo over the apple filling so you will have a long filled tube.
- Fold side edges over 1/2" so filling won't fall out.
- Continue rolling.
- Place in a buttered baking pan or cookie sheet.
- Brush tops generously with melted butter.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
- Sift powdered sugar over tops and sides as soon as it is taken out of the oven and while still hot.
- When cool, cut into 2" pieces and serve.
- Source: "The Complete Greek Cookbook" by Theresa Karas Yianilos; Avenel Books, New York.
Directions
- Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
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