variants
or less commonly filo
or fillo
: extremely thin dough that is layered to produce a flaky pastry
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The food is unfussy, hearty, and loaded with meat and cheese; crowd favorites include the Serbian salad, goulash, and burek (phyllo dough typically stuffed with ground beef).
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Katie Chang, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
And, of course, the burek: the restaurant’s signature is squeeze-your-shoulder comfort with a crust that crackles into a flurry of buttery, paper-thin phyllo.
—USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Crack them open, though, and a fluorescent green middle is exposed, along with phyllo dough strands and nut fragments.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
And then there are the magnolias, arriving in flavors like Oreo, strawberry, banana and kataifi — sweet, shredded phyllo.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Katie Chang, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
And, of course, the burek: the restaurant’s signature is squeeze-your-shoulder comfort with a crust that crackles into a flurry of buttery, paper-thin phyllo.
—USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Crack them open, though, and a fluorescent green middle is exposed, along with phyllo dough strands and nut fragments.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
And then there are the magnolias, arriving in flavors like Oreo, strawberry, banana and kataifi — sweet, shredded phyllo.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for phyllo
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“Phyllo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phyllo. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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