Cheats Bougatsa
A while ago I was talking to a friend about an easy tiropita. A quick easy, almost no prep pita. She suggested I try the sweet versions of that from Greece. So on to the Greek blog I go, my Greek is good but not that good in translating recipes, I read the recipe a few times cause I thought I was missing something… yes there is a custard, no there are no eggs!
I couldn’t believe my eyes. Less then a handful of ingredients, minimal prep time, my kind of recipe.
Since then I have done this so many times, the ingredients I always have in the pantry and the fridge so it’s a no-brainer.
What you will get is a creamy custardy base and a crunchy buttery top layer.
Try this and I am sure you will like this as much as I do!
Recipe
Cheat Bougatsa
Serves 6-10
Ingredients
1 pack filo pastry
1 x 400g sweetened condensed milk
200g butter (preferably unsalted)
2 x tins water (after you empty the condensed milk)
1ts vanilla extract
Icing sugar & cinnamon for dusting
Directions
Pre-heat oven to 200°
Butter a medium baking dish (30cm x 23cm)
Concertina or scrunch up fillo and place in the baking dish
Melt butter and pour over filo
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes
Empty tin of milk in a bowl
Fill emptied tin with water twice and mix with condensed milk
Add vanilla extract and mixed through
When filo is ready, take out of the oven and pour milk mixutre onto hot filo
Bake for a further 20 minutes
When cooked, slightly cool then dust with icing sugar and cinammon
HINT 1: It goes really nice with vanilla ice cream as well
