Φυλλωτά (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2013). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Fillotá are envelope-shaped pastry sheets which have been brushed with oil and sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. The recipe comes from Agios Georgios of Kyrenia.
Name - Recipe
Τηγανητές, σιροπιαστές πίτες με ζάχαρη και κανέλα. Fried, syrupy pastries with sugar and cinnamon.
3 cups of flour
1 tsp salt
½ cup oil
Sugar
Cinnamon
Ground almonds
Prepare the dough. Cover it and let it proof. Prepare the syrup and let it cool. Cut pieces of dough and roll it out into a square. Brush it with oil and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Fold it in the shape of an envelope and fry it in hot oil. Remove, drizzle with syrup, sprinkle with almonds. (Andreas Manoli, Cooking Cypriot food 2012-2013)
Frying.
Drizzle with syrup.
Additional information and bibliography
Recording: Andreas Manoli (16 years old, student of Makarios III Technical School) from the narration of Yiannoula Efthymiou (62 years old). See Cyprus Food and Nutrition Museum (2014); Cooking Cypriot food 2012-2013 (ed. Petroula Hadjittofi), unpublished data.
Petroula Hadjittofi
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