Best Tyropita Cheese Pie Recipes

TYROPITA (CHEESE PHYLLO PIE)

Steps:

• Butter a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• Combine feta, cottage cheese, salt and eggs. Mix well.
• Take half of the phyllo sheets from package and cover the rest. Center 1 sheet in baking dish and brush quickly with melted butter. Repeat with remaining half of sheets. The sheets will extend over the sides of the dish.
• Spoon in the cheese mixture and spread evenly of sheets. Fold the overhanging sides and ends over the filling.
• Top with remaining sheets, as above, brushing each with butter. Tuck sides and ends inside dish to seal in the filling.
• Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 325°F
• With a sharp knife, score top of pie into 4 strips lengthwise and then crosswise.
• Bake until crisp and golden, about 1 hour.
• Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes. Cut through scored lines and serve.

CHEESE PHYLLO PIE (TYROPITA )

Steps:

• 1. Butter a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• 2. Combine feta, cottage cheese, salt and eggs. Mix well.
• 3. Take half of the phyllo sheets from package and cover the rest. Center 1 sheet in baking dish and brush quickly with melted butter. Repeat with remaining half of sheets. The sheets will extend over the sides of the dish.
• 4. Spoon in the cheese mixture and spread evenly on sheets. Fold the overhanging sides and ends over the filling.
• 5. Top with remaining sheets, as above, brushing each with butter. Tuck sides and ends inside dish to seal in the filling.
• 6. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• 7. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• 8. With a sharp knife, score top of pie into 4 strips lengthwise and then crosswise.
• 9. Bake until crisp and golden, about 1 hour. Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes.
• 10. Cut through scored lines and serve.

TYROPITA (CHEESE PIE)

Steps:

• Mash the feta cheese with a fork. Add the mozzarella cheese, the milk, butter, dillweed or mint, eggs and pepper. Butter a bakinh pan and line it with half the phyllo dough, brushing each sheet with melted butter as it is added. Spread the cheese mixture over this and cover with the rest of the dough, buttering in the same way. Bake the cheese pie in a moderate oven for about one hour.

TYROPITA ME FILO KROUSTAS (CHEESE PIE)

Steps:

• Combinme Cheeses and eggs. Use half of pastry to line bottom 13x9 inch pan. Brush each with melted butter. Pour in filling, and top with remaining phillo sheets buttering those as well. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.