variants
or less commonly filo
or fillo
: extremely thin dough that is layered to produce a flaky pastry
Examples of phyllo in a Sentence
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Here’s a sample of the menu items offered: Green Beat Organic Super Greens Pie Bowl: Organic baby spinach, kale, and Swiss chard with almond feta baked between phyllo dough crusts.
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2024
On the dessert menu is a Baklava Sundae for dessert with vanilla bean gelato, crispy phyllo, pistachio, walnuts and a salted caramel drizzle for dessert.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024
Stack 2 sheets of phyllo at a time and fold the phyllo from a short end, accordion-style, in about 1 1/2-inch folds.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 June 2024
Amid shortages of food items and the wartime economy, the price of the shop’s famous borma fingers, cheese wrapped in phyllo dough and soaked in a sugary syrup, has jumped from $2 to $12, out of reach for most Gazans.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2024
On the dessert menu is a Baklava Sundae for dessert with vanilla bean gelato, crispy phyllo, pistachio, walnuts and a salted caramel drizzle for dessert.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024
Stack 2 sheets of phyllo at a time and fold the phyllo from a short end, accordion-style, in about 1 1/2-inch folds.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 June 2024
Amid shortages of food items and the wartime economy, the price of the shop’s famous borma fingers, cheese wrapped in phyllo dough and soaked in a sugary syrup, has jumped from $2 to $12, out of reach for most Gazans.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Phyllo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phyllo. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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