Tyropitta Roumeliotiki (Cheese Pie)

Recipe Ingredients

2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Feta cheese - crumbled
10		Eggs - lightly beaten
1 1/4 lbs	567g / 20oz	Phylo pastry
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Melted butter for brushing

Recipe Instructions

Crumble feta cheese and mix with beaten eggs. Butter a baking pan the size of the phyllo pastry. Put four sheets of phyllo into the pan, brushing each one with melted butter.

Spoon in some of the cheese mixture; top with 2 more phyllo sheets, brushing them with butter. Continue in this manner until all cheese mixture is used up, saving 4 sheets of phyllo for top of pie.

Score lightly in long strips. Bake in preheated 300F oven for about 45 minutes Cut scored strips into 2-inch pieces and serve hot.

Source:
"Flavors Of Greece" by Rosemary Barron

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