How to make Greek pastries baklava and kataifi – learn from the king of filo pastry!

Three generations of master pastry chefs work together in this pastry shop in Crete creating filo pastry delicacies. Their treasured traditional recipes for baklava and kataifa have been handed down over many years, filo – or phyllo dough – and kataifi pastry are the star ingredients in the work of a lifetime.

CHAPTERS
00:00 The art of making filo pastry for Baklava and Kataifi
00:36 The last bakers in Greece making filo pastry by hand
02:51 The secret blend of flour to make Kataifi dough
08:23 Mixing Kataifi dough by hand
14:46 The tradition and the faith in making filo pastry
16:27 Kneading Kataifi dough requires a specific technique
17:42 What a pastry chef in Crete does outside of tourist season
18:18 It’s a long and hard task to knead Kataifi dough
19:15 The key to good Kataifi dough is to achieve the perfect texture… the secrets of a master pastry chef
20:51 The king of filo pastry started working in a pastry shop when he was 12 years old
21:22 It’s important to get any lumps out of the Kataifi dough
24:05 A master pastry chef... and a lifetime of memories
26:57 The time-treasured machine used to cook the kataifi dough
29:56 The magic of cooking kataifi dough
32:35 Making kataifi pastries with almonds, one of the most well-known Greek pastries
34:01 Making phyllo dough for baklava
38:28 The master pastry chef uses a roller machine to work the phyllo dough
39:46 The phyllo dough is worked by hand into a ball
42:38 For the master pastry chef, making and drinking a coffee is a ritual
43:43 The phyllo dough is rolled into a big sheet
48:37 The ancient art to stretching the phyllo dough
56:31 The filo pastry sheets are folded around wooden boards
59:22 The filo pastry sheets are cut by hand and packaged for sale
01:00:38 Making baklava with filo pastry and kataifi dough
01:04:31 The baklava is soaked in a special syrup
01:06:37 Giorgos Hatziparaschos: the last bakers in Greece making filo pastry by hand

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WHERE WE SHOT THE VIDEO
Country: Greece
Region: Crete
City: Rethymno
Gps: 35°22'9.74"N 24°28'24.32"E

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