Does anyone know how to make "Tyropitta" Greek Cheese pie?!
Does anyone know how to make "Tyropitta" Greek Cheese pie?
This is my husband's fav dish, and his b-day is coming up so I HAVE to learn how to make this without ending in disaster. My mother in law came from Greece to visit us, and has tried to teach me how to make this dish. Twice. I kept getting lost with the instructions due to the language barrier and the constant slapping my hand and the, "NO! YOU DO IT WRONG!" I tried to follow her the best I could, but I found it very confusing so I decided to look up the recipe online. I think this may be her family version because I am seeing this recipe calls for filo and she taught me with dough made out of flour water and yeast... which poses another probem; I can't seem to get the dough or yeast right, because EVERY TIME I make the dough, I turn away to warm the butter, and I turn back around to find a goodyear blimp on my kitchen counter. Does anyone know an exact recipe for tyropitta that uses flour dough instead of filo dough? Maybe I can follow the recipe without blowing up my kitchen.
Answers:
Tiropita (Greek Cheese Pie)
The Dough:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup water
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 tablespoon oregano
1 dash salt
The Filling:
2 chopped green shallots (can replace with 1/3 white onion)
1/3 cup finely chopped parsley
2 cups feta cheese, crumbled
1/3 cup freshly grated romano cheese
1/2 cup whole milk or better still half-and-half cream
3 eggs
salt
pepper
thyme
Dough:
Mix ingredients; knead for about 2-3 minutes; adding flour to until it doesn't stick to the hands- separate into 3 equal parts.
Filling:
Beat eggs.
Mix all other ingredients; heat in pot until cheese starts melting.
Allow to cool to room temperature; then mix in eggs.
Assembly:
Roll out the 3 dough balls- so that each one is a bit bigger than your baking pan (i use 8x12 in.)- the amount of dough, for that size will give you the right thickness.
Place the first layer on the greased pan, with ends hanging over the pan rim- add half the filling, follow on with the second dough layer-add the rest of the filling,finish off with the last dough layer; fold the dough layers together pluck a few holes with a knife, making sure you go through the second layer of dough.
Bake for 3/4 hour at around 400 degrees F.
Source(s):
http://www.recipezaar.com/58575...
Just find a good quality tiropita recipe, any Greek cookbook will have one, then just make a normal pastry dough and use that, it'll be all good. :) I'm 16 and I make a great tiropita =D