Tyropita

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Tyropita or tiropita (IPA: [ti'ropita]) is a Greek layered pastry food, made with layers of buttered filo dough and filled with a cheese-egg mixture.

There are several variants. Individual appetizer-size portions in the boureki style are usually triangular or semicircular, and can be made either by crimping the edges (the usual commercial technique, around 5 x 10 cm) or by rolling the package over and over into a triangle (the usual home technique, about 3 cm on a side).

Another variety is the spiral Skopelos Cheese Pie in which long strips of cheese stuffed phyllo are formed into a spiral and deep fried.

Tyropita can also be made in a large pan (ταψί [tap'si]) and cut into individual portions after baking.

The individual form is sold in bakeries throughout Greece, where it is a very popular breakfast and snack.

Alternatives to tyropita are spanakopita, a pie with spinach, as well as bougatsa.

[edit] See also

• Gibanica (Serbian Pastry)
• Banitsa (Bulgarian Pastry)
• Spanakopita (Greek pastry with spinach)