Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake)

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Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake) with phyllo dough made from scratch and delicious Bolognese sauce and mozzarella stuffing! Delizioso!

Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake) with phyllo dough made from scratch and delicious Bolognese sauce and mozzarella stuffing! Delizioso!


 

We all use store bought phyllo dough for snake cakes and I am not an exception to it. It saves time.

The best dimensions of store-bought phyllo sheets for this phyllo cake are 20 x 20 inches. If you have smaller ones, just fit them to the recipe by making two separate roles.

However, I grew up watching my grandmother doing phyllo from scratch by heart and it made me wonder if I can make one. So, it took a while since I consulted my mother about the steps and it took some efforts to organize our Saturday morning, too.

I imagined the process needs hours, but it took just a bit more than what I usually need for medium level lunch.

Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake) with phyllo dough made from scratch and delicious Bolognese sauce and mozzarella stuffing! Delizioso!

The most important was my decision to make it. As for everything else.
I would very much like to say that, once done and baked, this food tastes better than one prepared with store bought phyllo. Just like listening to your favorite band on CD and alive at the concert. 😊

Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake) with phyllo dough made from scratch and delicious Bolognese sauce and mozzarella stuffing! Delizioso!

So, for homemade phyllo recipe you need medium sized bowl to combine 2 cups all-purpose flour (room temperature), pinch of salt, Β½ cup + 1 Tbsp hot water and 1 Tbsp olive oil.

Since I am right – handed I used my right hand to combine the ingredients until I got sticky dough and transferred it to floured table to knead it for 15 minutes.

At this point, the old-fashioned way says: put medium sized pot on the stove to warm it up since you need it to cover the dough while resting for, at least, 30 minutes. What you get is smooth and soft dough. Modern version says: keep it in warming drawer.

Since we know how snake cake looks like when using store bought phyllo, below you can see Bolognese phyllo made with phyllo dough from scratch, before baking:

Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake) with phyllo dough made from scratch and delicious Bolognese sauce and mozzarella stuffing! Delizioso!

 

For the best results, when preparing Bolognese and mozzarella cake, make Bolognese as thick as possible so the phyllo pie, once spread and rolled will not leak the sauce out.

In my experience, it is not that bad since the taste is amazing; it is just that visually it is not attractive as the snake cake seen on my photos. Below you see how I laid Bolognese and Mozzarella once the dough was spread:

Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake) with phyllo dough made from scratch and delicious Bolognese sauce and mozzarella stuffing! Delizioso!

 

There are some more details about homemade phyllo pastry that I think are worth of mentioning: I spread it using rolling pin and continued with my hands laid under the dough and slowly spread the layer to get dimensions desired and when it was done, I cut thick endings visible all over it.

For two other phyllo recipes at 2pots look here:

Zucchini and Parmesan Phyllo Cake

Gingerbread Cookie Dough Leftovers Baklava

 

To find great 25 phyllo recipes look at Insanelygoodrecipes .

 

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Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake)

Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake) with phyllo dough made from scratch and delicious Bolognese sauce and mozzarella stuffing! Delizioso!

Course dinner, lunch
Cuisine Italian, Mediterranean
Keyword Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake (Snake Cake)
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 5 - 6 persons
Author 2pots2cook

Ingredients

  • Ingredients:
  • 1 lb beef, minced
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 medium sized carrots, grated
  • 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
  • Salt, ground black pepper and dried oregano to taste
  • 5 Tbsp tomato sauce
  • 1 Β½ cup mozzarella, chopped
  • 3 sheets phyllo dough, 20 x 20 inches
  • 4 Tbsp olive oil to brush phyllo layers
  • Ingredients for egg wash:
  • 1 Tbsp heavy cream
  • 1 egg yolk
  • Parsley leaves, chopped to garnish before serving

Instructions

  1. In medium sized pan: fry carrots, onion, and beef until lightly brown.

  2. Add tomato sauce and salt, oregano and ground black pepper to taste.

  3. Leave to cool.
  4. Preheat the oven to 180 C / 356 F.

  5. Grease a large parchment paper with oil and lay it on the sheet pan.

  6. On a clean working surface, lay one sheet of phyllo and oil it using brush.

  7. Put the second sheet on the first one and brush with oil and do the same with the third one.

  8. Cover phyllo with Bolognese and sprinkle with mozzarella.

  9. Gently roll the phyllo dough. Create a log.

  10. In a small bowl, mix heavy cream and egg yolk.
  11. Make a snake cake shape starting from center and transfer it on the pan.

  12. Brush the top with egg wash and bake for 35 minutes or until lightly golden.

  13. Garnish with chopped parsley leaves and serve.

 

 

 

 

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