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Portokalopita
 (Orange Pie)

- from Vasso at the Skyros Centre A delicious, refreshing pie for the hot summer months! It can also be served warm, but many much prefer it cold. It can also be served with ice cream. Ingredients 1 packet filo pastry (12 sheets) 250g Greek strained yoghurt 4 eggs 2 tablespoons baking powder Juice of 1 orange 250 ml extra virgin olive oil Butter to grease oven dish For the syrup 600 ml water 250g sugar Juice of 1 orange Grated rind from 2 oranges Preparation 1) Leave the sheets of filo pastry out, separated and uncovered, to dry for a few hours. 2) Tear the sheets of filo into 2cm strips – doesn’t matter about being even just torn, don’t shred with a knife as it loses its consistency. 3) Put the olive oil and eggs in a mixing bowl and whisk well with a metal whisker. 4) Add the yoghurt and baking powder and continue whisking until