Greek Style Cheese Pies (Tyropita)

By lorik

Ingredients

• 1 cup feta cheese, crumbled
• 1 cup fresh ricotta
• 1 teaspoon dried dill (or 1 tablespoon fresh dill)
• 1 teaspoon dried mint
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 egg
• 12 sheets good quality phyllo dough, thawed
• 1 stick of butter melted (Clarified is best)

Details

Adapted from food52.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 ºF. Combine feta, ricotta, dill, mint, white pepper, and egg.
Working quickly, brush one sheet of phyllo with butter, then top it with another sheet of phyllo and brush that with butter, too.
Place a few tablespoons of cheese filling on the bottom right corner of phyllo and fold the sheets over widthwise so that the cheese is sandwiched between 2 layers of dough on each side. Brush the phyllo with butter, then fold it up into triangle, working from the bottom up -- it's kind of like folding a flag.
Repeat until you finish all 6. Brush with a bit more butter, and bake on a sheet pan for 20 minutes, or until golden.