Mastering Tiropites - Cheese Phyllo Triangles | Christine Cushing

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My Mom Georgia's perfect Tiropites or cheese triangles are our family's favourite appetizer. She shares all her secrets of assembling, cutting the phyllo, why she mixes Greek feta cheese with ricotta and much more. Her techniques will make perfectly crisp, golden brown phyllo triangles. FULL RECIPE BELOW. Check out these other delicious #GREEKFOOD videos: Spanakopita - Hand Made Phyllo Spinach Pie:    • Spanakopita - Hand Made Phyllo Spinach Pie...   Spanakopita triangles - Best Greek Spinach Pies:    • Spanakopita triangles - Best Greek Spinach...   Greek Lemon Potatoes:    • Greek Lemon Potatoes | Christine Cushing   Mastering Greek Pita Bread:    • Mastering Greek Pita Bread | Christine Cus...   Greek Tzatziki Sauce:    • Greek Tzatziki Sauce | Christine Cushing   Greek Fries in Olive Oil with Feta Cheese:    • Greek Fries in Olive Oil & Feta Cheese | C...   Greek Chicken Gyro:    • Greek Chicken Gyro on Pita | Christine Cus...   Pastitsio, my Dad's special - Greek Lasagna:    • Pastitsio, my Dad's amazing - Greek Lasagn...   Best Baklava Recipe:    • Best Baklava Recipe | Christine Cushing   Galaktoboureko Greek Custard Dessert:    • Galaktoboureko Greek Custard Dessert | Chr...   Greek Easter Bread -Tsoureki:    • THE BEST Greek Tsoureki - Easter Bread Rec...   Best Greek Moussaka - my Dad's 5 Secret Recipe:    • Best Greek Moussaka - my Dad's 5 Secret Re...   Rice Pudding:    • Rizogalo- Greek Rice Pudding | Christine C...   Saganaki - Greek Flaming Cheese OPA:    • Saganaki - Greek Flaming Cheese OPA | Chri...   Best Garlic Shrimp Greek Style in 30 min:    • Garlic Shrimp Greek Style in 30 min | Chri...   Avgolemono - Greek Chicken Lemon Soup:    • Avgolemono - Greek Chicken Lemon Soup | Ch...   Mastering Cheese Phyllo Triangles - Tiropites:    • Mastering Tiropites - Cheese Phyllo Triang...   Greek Dolmades - Stuffed Grape Vine Leaves:    • Greek Dolmades - Stuffed Grape Vine Leaves...   Loukoumades - Greek Honey Donuts:    • Loukoumades - Greek Honey Donuts | Christi...   Subscribe for more video recipes: https://goo.gl/wNqDQB RECIPE: TIROPITES - CHEESE PHYLLO TRIANGLES 1Tbsp. olive oil(15 ml) 3 green onions, chopped 2 tbsp. fresh, chopped dill(30 ml) 3 oz. good quality feta cheese, crumbled(90gm) ½ cup drained ricotta cheese 2 eggs, beaten CC’s extra virgin olive oil 60 ml) 6 sheets phyllo pastry cracked black pepper to taste pinch freshly grated nutmeg Preheat oven to 375 degrees F Heat oil in a saucepan and add onion, and dill and toss on high for 3 minutes, until onions soften. Remove and cool. In a medium bowl, combine the feta, ricotta, eggs with cooled green onion mixture. Season with cracked black pepper. Set aside. Stack 6 sheets of phyllo on top of each other. Cut into 5 equal strips. Work with 1 pile of phyllo at a time. Wrap remaining phyllo up in tea towel. Brush 1 strip with olive oil and cover with a second strip and olive oil again. * Note if using a thicker kind of phyllo use only one sheet per triangle.* Lay strip down vertically in front of you. Spoon a heaping teaspoon of filling in bottom corner of strip and fold over in half diagonally creating a triangle. Continue folding over into triangular shape until you reach end of strip. Repeat with remaining strips. Brush tops with a little more olive oil. Place triangles on a baking sheet and bake at 375 D in middle rack of oven for about 20 minutes or until golden. Serve warm as appetizer or along with your main course. Yields about 20 triangles Connect with Chef Christine on social media: Instagram:   / ccfearless   Twitter:   / ccfearless   Facebook:   / chefchristin.  . Christine's Website: http://christinecushing.com/ Linkedin:   / christine-cushing   #tiropites #greekcheesepie