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Greek Cheese Puffs

Cuisine: Greek
Type: Cheese, Eggs
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb 454g / 16ozFeta cheese
12 oz 340gPot cheese
5   Eggs
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozButter
1 lb 454g / 16ozPhyllo dough - (sheets)

Recipe Instructions

Crumble feta cheese and add pot cheese, blending well. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Melt butter. Carefully cut pastry into 3 equal portions.

Refrigerate 2/3 of pastry until needed cover the rest with a damp towel. Remove one sheet of pastry, place on a flat surface and butter well. Fold in the long sides toward the middle, making a strip about 2" wide, and butter again.

Place 1 Tbsp of cheese mixture in the bottom right-hand corner of the strip and fold over into triangle shape. Continue folding, making sure that with each fold the bottom edge is parallel with the alternate side edge.

Lightly butter the finished triangle. Continue until all the cheese is used.

Bake triangle puffs in a 425F oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown, turning once. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

This recipe should provide about 75 pieces, enough for a cocktail party.

Source:
Pillsbury Digital Dispatch

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