Greek Sweet Orange Pie (portokalopita)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 12 sheets phyllo pastry
• 250 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 4 eggs
• 250 g greek strained yoghurt
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 600 ml water
• 250 g sugar
• grated rind from 2 orange

Recipe

• 1 leave the sheets of filo pastry out, separated and uncovered, to dry for a few hours.
• 2 crumble the sheets of filo.
• 3 put the olive oil and eggs in a mixing bowl and whisk well with a metal whisker.
• 4 add the yoghurt and baking powder and continue whisking until you have a smooth cream.
• 5 add the crumbled filo pastry and mix in well with your hands.
• 6 put in an oven dish and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees celsius for 20 minutes until it turns a golden colour.
• 7 in the meantime, prepare the syrup – boil the syrup ingredients in a pan for 5 minutes.
• 8 after removing the pie, once it is cold, cut into portions and spread the warm syrup on top.