Making a Phyllo Dough Pie
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Step 1Once phyllo dough is shaped into balls, it can be rolled out immediately or brushed with oil and stored.
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Step 2To turn dough balls into sheets, the dough is smoothed into 6"-8" circles, after which it must rest for 10 minutes before proceeding.
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Step 3To stretch the dough, it is alternately rolled around a dowel.
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Step 4 The dough is then unrolled while applying gentle finger pressure.
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Step 5Once dough has become thin enough, the sheet is ready to be gently unrolled into a buttered pan, with enough dough hanging over the side of the pan to form the top crust.
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Step 6Additional layers are cut to fit inside the pan.
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Step 7Crimping the crust is optional, and may be done strictly for aesthetic reasons.
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Step 8After the pie is filled, the dough is folded over to form the pie's top crust.

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Techniques

Making a Phyllo Dough Pie

httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2007images2007-12123-24_phylloDough_01.jpg
Step 1Once phyllo dough is shaped into balls, it can be rolled out immediately or brushed with oil and stored.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2007images2007-12123-24_phylloDough_02.jpg
Step 2To turn dough balls into sheets, the dough is smoothed into 6"-8" circles, after which it must rest for 10 minutes before proceeding.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2007images2007-12123-24_phylloDough_03.jpg
Step 3To stretch the dough, it is alternately rolled around a dowel.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2007images2007-1224_phylloDough_04.jpg
Step 4 The dough is then unrolled while applying gentle finger pressure.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2007images2007-1224_phylloDough_05.jpg
Step 5Once dough has become thin enough, the sheet is ready to be gently unrolled into a buttered pan, with enough dough hanging over the side of the pan to form the top crust.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2007images2007-1224_phylloDough_06.jpg
Step 6Additional layers are cut to fit inside the pan.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2007images2007-1224_phylloDough_07.jpg
Step 7Crimping the crust is optional, and may be done strictly for aesthetic reasons.
httpswww.saveur.comsitessaveur.comfilesimport2007images2007-1224_phylloDough_08.jpg
Step 8After the pie is filled, the dough is folded over to form the pie's top crust.

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