Breakfast: Bougatsa – Breakfast: Custard-Filled Phyllo Pastry

Breakfast Bougatsa is a flaky phyllo pastry filled with semolina custard, dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon. At MUNCH CLASSES, you’ll learn how to layer, fill, and bake this northern Greek delight.

Originating in Byzantine Constantinople, bougatsa traveled to Thessaloniki with refugees. The saying “Μια μπουγάτσα το πρωί, γλυκιά αρχή στη ζωή” (“A bougatsa in the morning, a sweet start to life”) captures its comfort. At MUNCH CLASSES, we explore how pastry becomes memory.