If you have been to a Greek Bakery Good chance you would have seen these in Greek they are called Bougasta or Custard Parcels.
These are so easy to make and Soooo Delicious
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CUSTARD PARCELS
Makes 6 parcels.
Ingredients
4 cups milk.
2/3 cup fine semolina. ( available coles or woolworths
2/3 cup caster sugar.
1/2 of lemon rind grated
2 eggs.
30g cold unsalted butter.
2 teaspoon vanilla essence
18 sheets filo pastry, divided into 3
150g melted unsalted butter for brushing.
Icing sugar and ground cinnamon for dusting.
Method
1. Begin by adding the milk, semolina, sugar, butter and lemon rind to a pot over medium heat. Continuously whisk to melt the butter and until the mixture forms a custard like consistency (approximately 10 minutes)
2. add the eggs and canilla into a bowl and whisk them through
3. Stir in egg mixture into the custard stir well
4. Set the custard aside to cool and thicken to prepare your filo
5. Preheat your oven to 170C or 150 C fan-forced Using three sheets of filo pastry per bougatsa parcel, lay it out flat and give them each layer a generous brush of melted butter
6.Spoon the custard to the side of buttered pastry and partially fold it over. Bring in the sides to seal the ends and carefully fold the pastry over keeping the seam side down.
7. Brush each parcel with more melted butter and bake for approximately 30 minutes or until golden. If you notice the filo pastry is browning too quickly, move your tray to the bottom of your oven for a slower cook. This ensures all layers bake crispy.
Sprinkle with icing sugar and plenty of ground cinnamon and enjoy hot.