Hi Dopers, I’ve been having fun playing with puff pastry. I bought some phyllo thinking I could use it for similar recipes as the puffy stuff, but, it seems … not really.
So tell me your favorite uses for phyllo! Savory or sweet, I love 'em both. 
Are there any bad recipes for puff pastry? Take a few layers, fill them with ANYTHING, and serve. You have spinach pie, baklava, and any number of WONDERFUL dishes!
And some people, but not many, wonder just how fat I am. 
Spinach pie aka spanikopita.
This is the Greek immigrant way. My yia yia used to make chicken breasts wrapped in phyllo that I could take home and re-heat for a dish. Loved that.
Let’s see:
chocolate phyllo cigar rolls
Phyllo garlic potato mash pinwheels or triangles
phyllo-wrapped asparagus&smoked cheese parcels
walnut, apple/pear & mascarpone layers with honey
rough phyllo baskets made in cupcake pan, filled with mascarpone & berries
baklavabaklavabaklavabaklavabaklava!
The best restuarant around here has a phyllo-wrapped meatloaf that is absolutely decadent.
Take a chunk of brie cheese, wrap in a few layers of phyllo, brush with butter, bake until golden. Then play with endless variations.
Quiche, omg quiche.
Cinnamon and sugar
Foie gras melts nicely into a similarly-greasy phyllo wrapper. Not a light supper, admittedly, but filling.
Mix a bowl of softened cream cheese with some sugar or Splenda, then add chopped strawberries. Wrap 'em and bake 'em. Super-delicious dessert.
baklava
spinach-feta tiropetes
mushroom-goat cheese tiropetes
omg baklava
Beef Wellington. Strudel.
Phyllo cups are ridiculously easy to make, and you can stuff them with anything you like… sweet or savoury.
All you do is layer three or four sheets of phyllo (brushing each with a little oil or butter, natch), then cut into squares and press into a muffin tin. Bake until crispy, and voila, instant impressiveness.
(I’ve even made little bite-sized versions using a mini-muffin tin… they were a massive hit at a cocktail party after I filled with some finely minced ratatouille)
Baklava here. First time we made it, we were stressed out and it took us forever. Now, it’s as easy as making a box cake. Well, not really. But easy! And I’ve had chicken pot pie with a gorgeous phyllo top crust. But it has to be a very delicious chicken pot pie, with mushrooms and sherry, from epicurious.com.
Little dessert Spanikopita triangles folded and made with a heavily buttered milfoil of about six layers of sheet phylllo cut into 4 inch rectangle/strips. Fill with a mixture of Quark, Strawberries, Honey, a bit of Feta, some walnuts, and a couple of egg yolks… perhaps a bit of greek yogurt to lighten. Fill one end and fold it like the flag. Butter the tricons heavily and bake til golden brown at 365F for about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes. Dip them in a honey simple syrup infused with cinnamon and cardamom. Serve with some homemade Greek Lemon, yogurt, and olive oil ice cream.
Lovin’ you, Giada.