Baklava recipes often ... melted butter, nut filling placed on top, and then more buttered layers to follow, is truly a labor of love. What makes working with phyllo dough so tedious is that ...
If you’d like, remove the stems from a few fresh bay leaves and grind them in a spice grinder or food processor, then rub them through a fine sieve and sprinkle the top of the pie with the dust.
You simply drizzle sheets of phyllo with olive oil, crumple them up, and arrange them on top of your filling before popping it in the oven—no fussing, measuring, or rolling out dough required.
Pour filling into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Stack phyllo on a work surface. Using a paring knife, cut out an 11-inch circle from the stack; discard trimmings. Stack 2 circles on work surface ...