Comments on: Phyllo cranberry pie http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/11/30/phyllo-cranberry-pie/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:15:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/11/30/phyllo-cranberry-pie/#comment-780 ellaella Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:38:54 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=383#comment-780 It's very doable. For me the hardest part -- if you can even call it that -- is keeping my fingertips moist on a dry day. It is just like very thin parchment. Phyllo was a day at the beach after making strudel dough from scratch in school. (Never again, thank you!) I think it was our reward. It’s very doable. For me the hardest part — if you can even call it that — is keeping my fingertips moist on a dry day. It is just like very thin parchment.

Phyllo was a day at the beach after making strudel dough from scratch in school. (Never again, thank you!) I think it was our reward.

]]> By: jolynna http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/11/30/phyllo-cranberry-pie/#comment-779 jolynna Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:59:35 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=383#comment-779 I love baklava, but have never attempted to make it. In fact, I am among those intimidated by phyllo dough. Your recipe sounds wonderful though and not impossible. Maybe, I will get my courage up and try it... I love baklava, but have never attempted to make it. In fact, I am among those intimidated by phyllo dough.

Your recipe sounds wonderful though and not impossible. Maybe, I will get my courage up and try it…

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/11/30/phyllo-cranberry-pie/#comment-781 ellaella Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:40:14 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=383#comment-781 It really is good. The dark chocolate was my idea; the original used milk choc which was all wrong. I haven't made baklava yet, although I love the stuff. Maybe after the holidays. Right now I've got the other half of that package in the fridge and I'm thinking of using it to wrap chicken breasts. Easy peasy! You're right - focus is the key with phyllo! It really is good. The dark chocolate was my idea; the original used milk choc which was all wrong.

I haven’t made baklava yet, although I love the stuff. Maybe after the holidays. Right now I’ve got the other half of that package in the fridge and I’m thinking of using it to wrap chicken breasts. Easy peasy!

You’re right – focus is the key with phyllo!

]]> By: pbsweeney http://foodpluspolitics.com/2007/11/30/phyllo-cranberry-pie/#comment-778 pbsweeney Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:55:28 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.dreamhosters.com/?p=383#comment-778 By the time I finished reading this my mouth was watering. It seems like a great combo of flavors and I'm keen to try it. I had to get over the phyllo dough nerves too - in reality it is true that you have plenty of time if you are a reasonably focused cook. I make spinache pie alot, and for the meat eaters in the house a sausage roll for breakfast now and then, and in my early days of marriage I used to play with baklava and pistachios and such, but my phyllo use is fairly limited in reality. Which I guess is something to think about, as I really do love it. There is a Turkish market/restaurant we go to now and then and the phyllo treats are divine. I should get with it! By the time I finished reading this my mouth was watering. It seems like a great combo of flavors and I’m keen to try it. I had to get over the phyllo dough nerves too – in reality it is true that you have plenty of time if you are a reasonably focused cook. I make spinache pie alot, and for the meat eaters in the house a sausage roll for breakfast now and then, and in my early days of marriage I used to play with baklava and pistachios and such, but my phyllo use is fairly limited in reality. Which I guess is something to think about, as I really do love it. There is a Turkish market/restaurant we go to now and then and the phyllo treats are divine. I should get with it!

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