Greek Custard Pie (Galaktoboureko)

Directions

We beat the egg yolks with a glass of sugar very well. In another bowl, we beat the egg whites with the rest of the sugar. We put all the ingredients in a pot and we let them boil, while stirring continuously with a wooden spoon until it becomes a cream. We let it cool down and we remove the lemon peel. In a No. 34 baking dish, we put 6 custard phyllos and we butter them well one at a time. We pour the cold cream and on top we place 6 custard phyllos, after we have them buttered one by one. We bake in preheated oven for 1 hour at 180 degrees Celsius. Once it has cooled, we pour over the hot syrup that we have prepared by boiling all the ingredients for 15 minutes.