Greek Cheese Puffs Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
1 lb feta cheese
12 oz pot cheese
5 eggs
1/2 lb butter
1 lb phyllo dough, (sheets)
Recipe Preparation
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 triaqngle puffs in a 425 F 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.
Servings: 1
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