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Athens Foods® Offers Chef-Created Recipes For Ready-To-Go Fillo Dough™
Efficiency gains save labor using pre-layered fillo sheets
Cleveland – May 1, 2006 – Athens Foods®, the world’s largest producer of fillo dough and fillo dough products, now offers eighteen Ready-To-Go Fillo Dough™ recipes created by leading chefs across the country.
Ready-To-Go Fillo Dough™ is the most cost-efficient method for quickly and easily incorporating fillo dough into high volume catering and banquet operations. Made with Athens® Fillo Dough sheets, Ready-To-Go Fillo Dough™ is thinly coated with non-hydrogenated vegetable oil, then multi-layered into chef-ready sets that are five sheets thick.
In addition to general tips for working with Ready-To-Go Fillo Dough, the hors d’oeuvres recipes include Wrapped Snapper with Truffles and Baby Arugula, Porcini Mushroom and Brie Triangles, and Crab Cake Wrapped in Fillo. Among the entrée recipes are Maine Lobster Salad on Sundried Tomato Fillo Crisp, Foie Gras Tower with Mango-Marsala Duxelles, and Mushroom Strudel. Dessert recipes feature Milk Chocolate Cheese Strudel, Frangipane Plum Tart, and Apple Pineapple Purse.
With its light and flaky texture, Ready-To-Go Fillo Dough™ helps chefs create sensational appetizers, entrees and desserts, yet it has no trans fat, no cholesterol and 39 percent less fat than puff pastry.
Qualified professionals may request a free copy of Ready-To-Go Fillo Recipes. Please call 1-800-837-5683 or visit www.athens.com/trade.
About Athens Foods®
Athens® is the world's largest producer of fillo dough and fillo products. With over 45 years of experience in perfecting fillo, Athens® is committed to continually creating new recipes, high-quality hors d'oeuvres, handmade desserts and a full array of fillo delicacies. For more information about Athens Foods® and its products, visit www.athens.com or call 1-800-837-5683.
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