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Dough vs Phyllo - What's the difference?

dough | phyllo |

As nouns the difference between dough and phyllo

is that dough is a thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked while phyllo is a type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked.

As a verb dough

is to make into dough.

dough

English

Alternative forms

* (dialectal)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
  • Pizza dough is very stretchy.
  • (slang) Money.
  • His mortgage payments left him short on dough .

    Derived terms

    * doughboy * doughnut * doughy * rolling in dough

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make into dough.
  • The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.

    Derived terms

    *

    phyllo

    English

    Alternative forms

    * filo

    Noun

    (-)
  • A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked
  • See also

    * ("phyllo" on Wikipedia) * mille-feuille