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Cheese Phyllo Dough Triangles... I like making these for appetizers, snack, tea(smaller version), etc. I usually vary the fillings according to what I have around the house:). It is an easy to do recipe and they freeze very well so you could bake a few and freeze the rest. The filling additions can include chopped sun dried tomatoes, sauteed chopped mushrooms, chives, spinach or various chopped herbs. Actually, you can even do a meat version with ground seasoned beef/lamb ...Mediterranean style. But, I chose to do an all-cheese with herbs this time around. Hope you enjoy...
Note:(I had a twin pack of phyllo sheets( 13x9 inches)... dimensions differ than the single pack...I used about 18 sheets with 3 leftover sheets* which I used to make 'lil phyllo cups)
You will need: what I used is approx.~ More or less with the amounts of cheeses...the filling is quite forgiving. You can also add some spinach that has been squeezed dry.
Filling:12 oz. cream cheese, softened1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese (more or less to your liking )1/4 cup parmesan, grated1 TBS dried basil (more or less to your liking)3 tsp dried dill (more or less to your liking)1-2 eggs,( if mixture is a bit dry add another egg) onion powder, to taste(optional)~~~~~~~~~~~~Phyllo dough sheets 1/4 cup butter, melted (approx.) for buttering sheets.Directions:
1. Whip cream cheese with a whisk until light and fluffy. Add herbs and onion powder. Mix to combine.[Image]
2. Add crumbled feta cheese and parmesan cheese (and/or spinach if you like).
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3. Add 1 egg and mix to combine well.
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4. Lay Phyllo sheets flat on a counter. Keep covered with damp towel so as not to dry while working with each triangle.
[Image]5. Butter one phyllo dough lightly. Fold in half and butter again. Fold again until rectangular shape and butter again. On right side of dough place about 1 scant TBS of filling. If you put too much filling it will ooze out while baking( like in my case:).[Image]
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6. Fold in shape of triangle and butter top.
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7. Lay on cookie sheet and bake at 375(preheated) for 12-15 minutes or till nicely browned (check at 10 minutes so as not to burn and leave another couple of minutes depending on your oven).
[Image]*If you have leftover sheets like I did you can cut into small squares( 2-3 inches). Butter each little square and alternate squares to form "a star of David" . Place each square in a tiny quiche(muffin) pan and fill with whatever filling you like...cheese, sauteed mushrooms/leeks,etc. Bake at 375(preheated) for 5-7 minutes just check so as not to burn.[Image][Image][Image]