Milk Pie

Galatomboureko

Preparation info
  • Serves

    18-20

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Foods of Greece

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 1993

  • About

Galatomboureko, like most sweet pies, is not my strong point, so for the best recipes I rely on my friends. This comes from Vali Manouilides, whom I have mentioned on many other occasions and who is one of the best cooks I know.

A good Galatomboureko must have a firm but not hard creamy filling and its phyllo should be well moistened with syrup but be crunchy at the same time. Vali’s way of sprinkling the to