Phyllo Dough

Phyllo Dough is made only of flour and water (and occasionally a small amount of oil). The dough is stretched and rolled until it is extremely thin, then cut into sheets. Much as in a laminated dough such as puff pastry, the sheets are layered to create many flaky layers of pastry that encase or hold a filling, which may be anything from fruit to a mousse or cream. But instead of being rolled into the dough as it is for laminated doughs, the butter is melted and brushed onto the dough sheets before they are baked, as is done with strudel.