Tiropita Recipe, Greek Feta Cheese Pies | Alexandra’s Kitchen (2024)

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What is the difference between spanakopita and tiropita? ›

Like spanakopia, tiropita is also a savory Greek pie that's wrapped in a phyllo crust, but its filling is different than spanakopita. Instead of spinach, herbs, and feta, tiropita is filled with a mixture of cheese and eggs.

Tiropita (τυρόπιτα) is a savory Greek filo pastry made of layers of crispy filo wrapped around a delicious creamy feta cheese and egg mixture. You can form them into individual triangles (tiropitakia) or bake as a large filo pie and portion into smaller pieces (tiropita).

Serve with bread or rice, feta cheese, olives, parsley and chili flakes.

Tiropita or tyropita (Greek: τυρóπιτα, "cheese-pie") is a Greek pastry made with layers of buttered phyllo and filled with a cheese-egg mixture.

Ohhhhh I promise you that you're going to love this Greek Tiropita Recipe. Essentially these are little mini cheese pies. They're made with layers of butter phyllo and filled with a cheese and egg mixture. It can be very similar to Spanikopita but it's made with feta and a hard Greek cheese.

Traditionally, feta cheese is made with 100% sheep's milk or with up to 30% of goat's milk mixed in.

Tiropita (or tyropita) is a Greek pie made from layers of phyllo dough that are filled with a cheese and egg mixture. Tiropita can be made as individual pastries, like we did here. Or, you can make it in one large pan and cut into serving portions, like you do for Kotopita.

Instead of cutting separate tops and bases, this easy method just uses one sheet of pastry folded over to make a pie shell. Cut a sheet of slightly thawed pastry into 4 equal squares. Bring the four corners of pastry to the centre to cover the filling. Pinch to seal.

When cooking, you fold in ingredients–like that cheese–when you don't want to overmix. In our recipe for Cheesy Mashed Potatoes, the goal is to add the two cups of shredded cheddar very gently to keep the potatoes light and not gluey. If you fold in ingredients, everything stays fluffy.

What do Greeks serve for Christmas? ›

Unlike Western Countries where they eat Turkeys, in Greece, the main Christmas meal is often pork (and lamb). There are many traditional pork Christmas recipes that vary depending on the region.

As far as tiropita is concerned, it has been suggested that it descends from the Byzantine dish called plakountas tetyromenous and en tyritas plakountas, “cheesy placenta”, itself a descendant of placenta, a baked layered cheese dish in Roman cuisine.

Feta: Feta is the most famous Greek Cheese. Greek Feta is made primarily of sheep's milk, but it is acceptable to blend in up to 30% goat's milk. Feta is a white brined cheese made in rindless squares or blocks.

Tiropita (or tyropita) is a Greek pie made from layers of phyllo dough that are filled with a cheese and egg mixture. Tiropita can be made as individual pastries, like we did here. Or, you can make it in one large pan and cut into serving portions, like you do for Kotopita.

Tiropsomo is similar to spanakopita and tiropita as they use cheese as their main ingredient. But what differentiates this Greek street food is that the cheese is baked into light bread instead of filo pastry. Apart from feta cheese, tiropsomo uses unkneaded dough made from flour and milk.

Greeks also love eating pies for breakfast !

All kind of pies : tiro pita (cheese pie), spanakopita (spinach pie), kreato-pita (chicken meat pie), served in triangular pieces.