Hello everyone, I hope you all had a lovely weekend.ย I haven’t been able to cook much these past few days but I have had help in the kitchen. ๐ย Since my hubby was home for the weekend he was very helpful, he actually did the cooking and the preparation for the custard pies. ๐ The cake I had on hand a few days ago was eaten so dessert was a topic we needed to tackle.ย I had already bought the ingredients before my arm starting acting up on me again so he offered to help out in preparing these delicious Custard Pie Rolls which are my favorite. ๐ย ย
We usually drive down to Greece when going on vacation, so we pass by a city called Ioannina..or otherwise known as Yiannena in the North-Western part of Greece. This area is famous for its desserts OHHHH MYYY GOSSSHHH…many many years ago when we were still exploring Greece we found this pastry shop and just fell in love with all the greek pastries..It has been around since I think it was 1932 and still going strong.ย I walk in there and hit the galaktompourekakia or otherwise known as Flogeres!!! My husband is more ofย a Baklava fan….We sit outside, they have a sitting area with a Cappuccino Freddo (Ice coffee) for me,ย I can actually go for one now…(hmmm…this would be a great post!!)ย and an Espresso Freddo for him and just indulge. ๐ย ย
This custard dessert with syrup is a popular dessert in most Greek homes, and Pastry Shops along with Baklava.ย The rolls were easy to make because basically all you have to do is to add all the ingredients in one pot and just stir over medium heat until it thickens. so for my hubby it was quite simple. ๐ย I provided all the ingredients & steps and he did all the work ๐

FLOGERES SWEET CUSTARD FILLED ROLLS
Ingredients
- Filling
- 1 litre of Milk
- 1 package of Phyllo Dough
- 4 Eggs
- 2 cups of Sugar
- 1 cup Semolina
- 1 tablespoon of Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup of melted Butter
- 1 Lemon Zest
- 1 Lemon Juice
- Syrup
- 1 Lemon Peel
- 3 cups of Water
- 2 cups of Sugar
- Cinnamon & Powder Sugar for topping optional
Instructions
- Add milk and eggs in a large sauce pan.
- Add in the 1 cup of Semolina and stir.
- Continue by adding in the sugar and Vanilla extract continue stirring.
- Lemon zest and lemon juice should be added last. Stir on medium heat and until mix has thickened. Once it has thickened take off of heat and let it sit for a while.
- In the meantime start to prepare the syrup by adding the sugar, lemon peel and water. Boil on medium heat until thick and set this aside to cool off. This must be cold before pouring onto the rolls.
- There are a few ways that you can cut the phyllo to make the custard rolls. You can either cut them horizontally or vertically. I prefer to cut the phyllo sheets horizontally, it is much easier.
- Place a tablespoon or more of the mixture into two buttered phyllo sheets and roll sheets into a cylinder. I made single servings so they are quite large, you can make them much smaller.
- Butter a baking pan and place the rolled Flogeres side by side. Butter rolls, and bake at 180 degrees for 1 hr. or until golden brown and depending on your oven. When the rolls are ready pour cold syrup over hot rolls and let the syrup be absorbed. Top off with Cinnamon and Sugar powder.
Awww Ben thank you so much!! ๐ Your mom must be a fabulous cook….:) Would love to try one of your mom’s recipes ๐
This looks absolutely amazing, Sophie! I wish I could try one! ๐
Thank you Vero ๐
I’ve had this tasty dessert, but the filo dough was is layers, so it wasn’t easy to cut and serve. I love the idea of these little parcels instead! Need to keep this in mind for next time! ๐
Hi there, you are right it is difficult when you make the original Galaktompoureko due to the sogginess of the phyllo. :0 This is why I make this version ๐ Sophie
Brilliant idea! ๐
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This looks amazingly delicious vero, perfect munching for the evenings โ
hahahahahah Vero? Not me Jyo hahahahah
Heyyy sorry Sophie, it’s by mistake๐
No worries, I agree with you in regards to Vero’s recipes ๐
I love custard filled rolls! So goooodd! ๐
Meee tooo ๐
Oh Yum!๐
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That sounds amazing Sophie!๐๐
Thank you Ursula ๐
Hubba, Hubba! ๐
Thank you ๐
Yummy ! This looks absolutely delicious !
Aww thanks so much ๐
Yum, such a tasty treat!
Thank you!! Where have you been? I have not seen any posts ๐
I’ve been working at my new job, and it hasn’t left any free time to post new recipes, but I’ve been posting once a week since I got the job, not as often as before but I do my best.. ๐
I keep missing them ๐ I will check and see…have a lovely weekend ๐
Thanks, and hope you’re having a nice one as well ๐
Thank you very much!! ๐
Oh my this sounds heavenly. I can just imagine that fluffy dough, the filling, mmmmm
Thank you so much Margaret ๐
You are most welcome :):)