Cheese Triangles

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 100 g feta cheese
• 100 g kasseri cheese or 100 g mature cheddar cheese
• 4 medium eggs
• 4 tablespoons mint leaves, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
• 500 g phyllo pastry
• 100 g butter, melted
• 250 ml whole milk
• 100 g cold butter
• black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180 c or 350°f.
• 2 grate the cheeses into a mixing bowl.
• 3 add 2 of the eggs and then blitz to a purée using a hand blender.
• 4 add the mint, nutmeg and black pepper (to taste).
• 5 mix well.
• 6 take two sheets of filo.
• 7 brush one with melted butter and then lay the other directly on top.
• 8 cut into strips about 5 x 20 cm.
• 9 put 1 tablespoon of the filling in the centre of the strip, about 2 cm from the end.
• 10 fold over one corner to form a triangle.
• 11 turn in the edges by about 5mm and then continue folding over the triangle until you reach the end of the filo strip, buttering well with each turn.
• 12 continue making pastries until you have used up all the mixture.
• 13 arrange them on a baking tray.
• 14 beat the milk with the remaining eggs and pour this liquid over the triangles.
• 15 let the tray stand at room temperature until the liquid is absorbed.
• 16 place a bit of cold butter on each triangle and bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden.