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Also known as filo, phyllo dough

Filo, phyllo or yufka is a very thin unleavened dough used for making pastries such as baklava and börek. Filo-based pastries are made by layering many sheets of filo brushed with oil or butter; the pastry is then baked.

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Food.name
Filo
Food.image
Baklava.jpg
Food.image_size
250px
Food.caption
Baklava, made with filo pastry
Food.place_of_origin
Ancient Greece
Food.type
Dough
Food.main_ingredient
Flour, water, oil
Food.no_recipes
true
Food.no_commons
true

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Phyllo
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Φύλλο
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13 sections
Contents
  • Name and etymology
  • History
  • Origin
  • Ottoman period
  • Popularization
  • Preparation
  • Use
  • List of filo-based pastries
  • Comparison to similar pastries
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Filo, phyllo or yufka is a very thin unleavened dough used for making pastries such as baklava and börek. Filo-based pastries are made by layering many sheets of filo brushed with oil or butter; the pastry is then baked.

==Name and etymology==

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