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Galaktoboureko  
Syrup  
3
1
/4 cup water  
cup granulated sugar  
Juice of 1 lemon  
1
1
edge of orange rind  
cinnamon stick  
Boil for 10 minutes. Cool. Prepare this before making pastry.  
Pastry  
2
1
6
3
2
2
quarts milk  
cup farina  
eggs  
/4 pound unsalted sweet butter  
teaspoons vanilla extract  
0 phyllo sheets  
Heat milk to scalding. Beat eggs until thick. Add farina and mix. Add mixture to milk with 1/4 pound  
butter. Heat, stirring, until thickened. Remove from heat. Add vanilla extract.  
Melt remaining butter and butter bottom and sides of a 10 x 14 x 2−inch pan. Place 10 buttered phyllo  
leaves in pan. Pour farina mixture in and cover with remaining phyllo, buttering each leaf as it is laid.  
Butter the top sheet very well and score into diamond−shaped pieces. Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 to  
6
0 minutes. Pour the COOLED syrup over HOT pastry.  
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