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Perfect country style filo pastry (rolling out technique). Country style homemade filo for pies following an easy and unique technique the result of which will amaze you and your friends. In this episode we make a batch of perfect phyllo / filo pastry at home. This pastry is very versatile and has as many uses as it has.

Paper-thin translucent sheets of filo pastry are sold ready-made in rolled layers, either chilled or frozen. Strengthen the delicate sheets by using -Take one sheet of filo and place it onto a baking tray. The top countries of suppliers are Greece, China, and Taiwan. You can have Perfect country style filo pastry (rolling out technique) using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Perfect country style filo pastry (rolling out technique)

1. You need of all purpose flour (plain, type 405) - (750 g to 770 g).
2. It's of virgin olive oil.
3. It's of wine vinegar (15 ml).
4. Prepare of fine salt (5 g).
5. You need of about 2 cups lukewarm water (380 ml).
6. It's of olive oil or melted margarine (for brushing the filo sheets).

Stack filo sheets flat on a bench top. Cover with a dry clean tea towel and then a slightly damp tea towel to help prevent them from drying out. Whatever your filling option, using this creative filo technique will give your pie an easy way to play with your pastry servings. Filo or phyllo is a very thin unleavened dough used for making pastries such as baklava and börek in Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines.

Perfect country style filo pastry (rolling out technique) step by step

1. Place the flour in a bowl together with the salt, mix well, add the vinegar and most of the water and knead for 5 minutes. Add the olive oil, and knead for an additional 12-15 minutes while gradually adding the rest of the water, until you have a smooth, soft and pliable dough. Leave it to rest for 1/2 - 1 hour..
2. Divide the dough into two balls, one slightly larger than the other. If you have a scale, weigh them so that the ratio is 53/47..
3. Dust your working surface with flour and using a rolling pin start with the larger ball, rolling it out to an oval shape of about 35x50 cm..
4. Brush the filo thoroughly with oil or margarine..
5. If you want your pie to have 8 filo sheets at the bottom and 8 on top, fold the two smaller sides inwards, (see photo) and brush the top with oil, once more. If you want your pie to have 12 filo sheets at the bottom and 12 on top (thinner, of course) then, fold the two larger sides..
6. Fold the remaining sides of the filo sheet inwards once more (see photo) and again, brush with oil..
7. Finally, fold the dough in the middle (see photo) creating a sort of an envelope. Now, you are ready to roll out this envelope into one final filo sheet of about 40x40 cm, using the rolling pin to place it in your baking tray, after you have thoroughly oiled it. Take care to allow a 3-4 cm over-hang of filo over the walls of the baking tray in order to be able to fold your pie later. You follow the exact same procedure for the top filo sheet that will cover your pie up to the wall of the baking tray, without hanging over and use the bottom filo sheet's over-hang to make a decorative ring, by folding it inwards with your fingers. Use whatever filling you like. Best of luck..

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