Athens Pastries & Frozen Foods

I just received a lovely box of Baklava that is really outstanding. It was purchased by a Greek friend who sent it as part of our Christmas celebration, she sends something delicious and Greek every year, so thoughtful. This year it comes from Athens Foods, in Brook Park, Ohio, a 65 year old family-owned company that is rooted in making their high quality phyllo products. You can find that phyllo dough in many frozen food sections in grocery stores around the country and even some of their other products in select locations. You can also order some of them in Amazon so they're out there. https://athensfoods.com/where-to-buy/I have used their phyllo dough before but this is my first baklava experience with them. It is some of the best I've had because it's a little lighter than many and not quite as excessively sweet, which is normally the case. Lighter, lightly flakey, and tastes fresh out of the box. It's delicious and thanks to my friend and Athens for putting me in a smiley Christmas mood! Bottom line: I'm a big Greek food fan and their baklava is outstanding and their phyllo dough is a fabulous time saver, especially when you're baking challenged, like me. Highly recommend!!https://athensfoods.com/products/baklava/https://www.facebook.com/AthensFoods/

Recently, I learned how to make the Greek foods baklava, spanakopita, and tiropita. The Greek ladies who taught me how to make these foods said that Athens Foods Inc. makes the best phyllo dough compared to other businesses, and this dough is the only one that they now buy.Athens Foods Inc. has been in business since the 1960s, and they are the largest producer of phyllo dough in the entire world. Phyllo is a type of unleavened bread that is very thin. Athens's phyllo is flavorful just like other business's phyllo, but the sheets of dough do not easily stick together or tear apart.I layered many hundreds of these phyllo sheets, and I agree that they were easy to work with. Almost none of my phyllo sheets tore when I was laying them down or brushing them with butter. When I occasionally tore or crinkled a phyllo sheet, it was very forgiving and easy to cover up. Please note that Athens Foods Inc. sells many other foods, such as kataifi, phyllo shells, and spanakopita, and maybe I will someday try them.

I greatly enjoy the various ethnic foods that the Cleveland area has to offer. The Greek pastry is GREAT.