Orange Pie

Baking and Desserts | Greek cuisine

⏳ Time

2 hours 30 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Orange Pie

Ingredients

Oranges - 1 piece
Orange juice concentrate - 7 fl oz
Sugar - 1½ spoons
Cinnamon - 1 piece
Olive Oil - 8 fl oz
Chicken Egg - 4 pieces
Orange zest - 1 tablespoon
Natural Yogurt - 7.1 oz
Vanilla extract - ½ spoons
Semolina - ¼ glasses
Baking Powder - 1½ spoons
Phyllo Dough - 12 oz
Butter - 0.4 oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 320°F. Slice the orange into rounds. Place 3 rounds in a deep bowl and pour orange juice over them. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, until the oranges are soft. Allow to cool.

Step 2

In a small saucepan, combine 1.5 cups of water, half the sugar, and add a cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil. After 5 minutes, remove the syrup from heat and pour it over the baked orange. Allow it to cool.

Step 3

Grease a rectangular loaf pan with butter and dust it with flour. In a bowl, beat the sugar and eggs until pale and fluffy. Add semolina, orange juice, olive oil, yogurt, orange zest, and vanilla.

Step 4

Cut the phyllo dough into small pieces and fold it into the batter. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.

Step 5

Bake for 35-40 minutes until a beautiful golden color is achieved. When the cake is ready, poke it several times with a skewer and drizzle with cooled syrup. This will help the cake absorb the syrup especially well. For serving, slice the cake into 12 square pieces and decorate each with a quarter of an orange.