Tiropitas (Greek Cheese Pastry)

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Feta cheese
3/4 lb	340g / 11oz	Small curd cottage cheese
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Chopped chives or parsley
2		Eggs
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Butter - melted
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Filo dough

Recipe Instructions

Mix everything but the butter and dough together. Cut the dough into 4 or 5 even sets of strips and cover them while you work with wax paper and a moist dish towel.

Lay out one strip, brush lightly with butter, and repeat with a second layer. Put a teaspoon of filling at one end, and fold a corner over the filling. Starting with this initial triangle, fold the dough up like a flag until you have a little turnover. Repeat for the rest of the dough and filling, laying them out on a cookie sheet.

Bake at 350F for 20 minutes until brown.

WARNING: when these come out of the oven, the filling remains very hot for quite a while after the tiropitas themselves are cool enough to handle. Watch out, if you don't want to see your guests in court seeking damages for seared palates.

Yields: 50 to 60

NOTES : Flaky cheese triangles.

Source:
Jo Anne Merrill

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