Filo pastry recipe

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat while still providing creaminess.

phyllo dough

🥗Healthier: whole wheat pastry dough

💰Cheaper: homemade dough

Homemade dough can be more economical.

In a large mixing bowl, combine salt, egg yolk, and vinegar, then mix and knead until the dough is soft.

Cover the dough and let it rest.

Dust your working surface and divide the dough into equal parts.

Sprinkle flour on the pieces and roll them out into thin sheets.

Spread butter all over the surface of the rolled-out phyllo dough.

Sprinkle the phyllo pastry with sunflower oil until it looks shiny, then spread more butter on top.

Let the rolled-out phyllo sheets rest for an hour or overnight.

Roll out each sheet again to fit your baking tray, ensuring size and shape are correct.

Crumble feta cheese into a bowl, add black pepper, and mix with eggs.

Grease your baking tray with butter.

Place one sheet of phyllo pastry at the bottom of the baking tray, allowing for wrinkles.

Spread the cheese filling evenly over the phyllo sheet.

Cover the filling with a second sheet of phyllo, again allowing for wrinkles.

Use a sharp knife to cut the pie into square or diamond-shaped pieces.

Sprinkle olive oil on top of the pie.

Place the tray in the lower rack of the oven and bake at 180°C for 30 minutes using the bottom element, then bake for another 30 minutes using both top and bottom elements.

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