Our assignment for today was to design and produce a dessert using phyllo leaves. Phyllo (feel-oh) leaves are extremely thin sheets of pastry dough. It is used for making the Greek dessert baklava, which we were not allowed to make.What I came up with were "Spring Rolls" filled with mango, banana and almond cream. Before rolling up the roll, I laid down sheet after sheet of phyllo and dusted each one with powdered sugar, ground pistachios and graham cracker crumbs. I also made mango ice cream which was outrageous. The swish in front of the spring rolls is mascarpone cream with poppy seeds. There are also caramelized mango strips and candied pistachios on the plate. Busy day but very yummy.
