Portokalopita
Greek orange cake made with dried, crumbled filo instead of flour — the pastry soaks up a yoghurt and orange-zest batter, bakes into a moist, open crumb and is drowned in orange syrup. Drying the filo first is the whole trick.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 450 g filo pastry sheets
- 300 g sugar, for the syrup
- 200 ml water
- 250 ml orange juice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 10 g butter, for the dish
- 4 eggs
- 150 g sugar
- 250 g Greek yoghurt
- 200 ml sunflower oil
- 2 tsp orange zest, finely grated
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 15 g baking powder
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 4281 kcal · P 39.2g · C 533.9g · F 232.7g
Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Unfold the filo sheets, tear them roughly and spread them out on trays. Leave to dry at room temperature for several hours, or in a 120°C oven for 15–20 minutes, until brittle but not coloured.
- 2Boil the sugar for the syrup with the water, orange juice and cinnamon stick for 5 minutes, then leave to cool completely.
- 3Heat the oven to 180°C and butter a 23 x 33 cm dish.
- 4Beat the eggs and sugar for 3 minutes, then beat in the yoghurt, oil, orange zest, vanilla and baking powder.
- 5Crumble the dried filo into small pieces over the batter a handful at a time, folding until every piece is coated, and leave for 5 minutes so the pastry softens.
- 6Spread the mixture in the dish and bake for 40–45 minutes, until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- 7Lift the cinnamon stick out of the syrup and pour the cold syrup slowly over the hot cake.
- 8Leave for at least 2 hours to absorb before cutting into squares.
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Questions and answers
How long does Portokalopita take to make?
About 75 minutes: 30 min prep and 45 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Portokalopita?
12 ingredients: filo pastry sheets, sugar, water, orange juice, cinnamon stick, butter, eggs, Greek yoghurt, sunflower oil, orange zest, vanilla extract, baking powder.
How many servings does this Portokalopita recipe make?
12 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Portokalopita?
About 357 kcal, with 3.3 g protein, 44.5 g carbohydrate and 19.4 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Portokalopita recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Portokalopita?
Portokalopita comes from Greek cuisine.
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