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			TIROPITA
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Hot phyllo pie filled with melted cheese.

Ingredients

     6-8 cups milk. 
     1 cup flour. 
     2 sticks (1/2 pound) butter. 
     2 pounds crumbled feta cheese. 
     5-6 eggs. 
     1/2 pound phyllo pastry. 

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat the eggs thouroughly and mix with the crumbled feta
cheese. In a pot, simmer the milk and the butter. Add the
flour stiring constantly so that the mixture doesn't
crumble. When the mixture has thicken remove from the heat
and add the crumbled feta cheese and the beaten eggs. Stir
the mixture well.

Melt the butter for brushing the phyllo. In a 12'x16'
baking dish spread half of the phyllo brushing each layer
one by one with the butter. (Refer to Working with phyllo
pastry, for more details.) Add the cheese mixture to it.
Cover the mixture with the other half of the phyllo,
brushing again each layer one by one with the butter.

With a knife score the top of the pie with thin lines that
divide it into two-by-two inches squares. Put the pie into
the oven for 45-60 minutes until its surface has a nice
brown color. Serve hot.

Alternative: If you want you may use other cheeses along
with the feta cheese or instead of the feta cheese. A good
alternative is greek kaseri cheese, or kefalograviera for
spicier tastes. Just make sure that the final quantity of
cheeses is always around 2 pounds.

Optional: For a spicier mix, you may add pepper in the
cheese mixture.

Yield

6 to 8 servings.