Galatopita is a Greek milk pie made from a custard of whole milk, eggs, semolina, sugar, and butter, baked in a pan until set and golden on top, and served cut into squares dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar. It is sometimes made with phyllo — a layer on the bottom, one on top, the […]

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Mont Blanc is a French pastry built from a base of crisp meringue, topped with a generous mound of whipped cream, and covered entirely in thin vermicelli-like strands of sweetened chestnut purée pressed through a ricer or specialized press until they fall in soft, dense tangles over the cream beneath. The effect is deliberately mountainous […]

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