noun
- very thin pastry dough used in Greek and Middle Eastern cooking, typically layered or wrapped around fillings
Usage: culinary
Examples
- She brushed melted butter between each layer of filo pastry.
- The baklava was made with delicate filo dough and honey.
- Filo pastry becomes crispy and golden when baked.
- He wrapped the spinach filling in sheets of filo.
- The recipe calls for six sheets of filo pastry.
- Filo dough is much thinner than regular pie crust.