I made these for my quilt guild's holiday potluck last night.


Ingredients:


8 ounces ricotta cheese
2 eggs
1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup grated romano cheese
1 cup finely chopped mixed flat leaf parsley and cilantro
2 cloves garlic put through garlic press
about 3 sticks melted butter
1 pound store bought phyllo dough


Method:


Combine first 6 ingredients in bowl and mix well.
Melt butter over gentle heat. Ideally, you get melted butter that
hasn't separated.
With pastry brush, slather one sheet of phyllo dough with butter.
Put a generous tablespoon of cheese mixture on to dough.
Fold up like a flag into a triangle.
Repeat with a second sheet of phyllo.
Place on buttered cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees until lightly brown, about 15 minutes.


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I got lots of compliments, but that didn't surprise me as everyone was
trying everything and complimenting each other all over the place. The
one I'll remember was the compliment was from the woman I'd never met
who went out of her way to ask around for who made the phyllo. She has
an accent, said she's Greek and that they were fantastic. I answered
that they weren't exactly tiropita because I made up the recipe and
didn't use feta cheese. She said that she makes up recipes all the time
and that she loved them.


--Lia