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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
filo
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
pastry
▪ But filo pastry is available in the North, because this week's winning recipe comes from Newcastle upon Tyne.
▪ Crisp filo pastry slices are filled with bramley apple, sultanas, and black cherry with kirsch and must be served warm.
▪ The filo pastry shells are served cold and contain rich mousses - lemon cream, butterscotch and toffee.
▪ Layer up three sheets of filo pastry, brushing with butter between each sheet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But filo pastry is available in the North, because this week's winning recipe comes from Newcastle upon Tyne.
▪ Crisp filo pastry slices are filled with bramley apple, sultanas, and black cherry with kirsch and must be served warm.
▪ Gather up four corners of filo, twist into a bundle.
▪ Layer two sheets of filo, brushing each with melted butter.
▪ Place a spoonful of the mushroom mixture in the centre of each top piece of filo.
▪ Roll into a turban; place in the centre of filo layers and set aside.
▪ Several readers like the combination of filo and fish or seafood - prawns, salmon, trout.
▪ The filo pastry shells are served cold and contain rich mousses - lemon cream, butterscotch and toffee.
Wiktionary
filo

n. (alternative spelling of phyllo English)

Wikipedia
Filo

Filo (or phyllo) ( "leaf") is a very thin unleavened dough used for making pastries such as baklava and börek in Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines. Filo-based pastries are made by layering many sheets of filo brushed with olive oil; the pastry is then baked.

Usage examples of "filo".

Toccò un sottilissimo indicatore, e il filo di luce che divideva la scala a spirale discese fino alla base.

In realtà, mi avvolse in una stretta al tempo stesso pungente e morbida, con i capelli ad aculei e la piccola succosa bocca e le ciglia come filo metallico e le guance come pesche.

Nunca había visto un arma tan mortal: la hoja era de unas diecinueve pulga­das de longitud, de doble filo, y más afilada que una navaja.

Da un filo appeso nel punto più elevato del soffitto pendeva una chiave d'ar­gento.

I think this explains a lot, not least my expanding sense of dismay as the waiter bombarded us with ecstatic descriptions of roulades, ratatouilles, empanadas, langostinos, tagliolinis, con-fits, filos, quenelles, and goodness knows what else.

Anche se il contenuto della sigaretta di Raul aveva imposto una spaziatura innaturale fra i suoi pen­sieri, ne manteneva un filo logico sufficiente a temere di aver indugiato troppo a lungo e di aver messo ormai a repentaglio lo scopo per cui si trovava lì.