Tiropita Recipe, Greek Feta Cheese Pies | Alexandra’s Kitchen (2024)

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What's the difference between spanakopita and tiropita? ›

The difference between a spanakopita and tiropita is that spanakopita includes spinach and feta (sometimes only spinach) whereas tiropita only has cheese in its filling. And while it is a popular street-food it is also a popular dish people make at home.

Ohhhhh I promise you that you're going to love this Greek Tiropita Recipe. Essentially these are little mini cheese pies. They're made with layers of butter phyllo and filled with a cheese and egg mixture. It can be very similar to Spanikopita but it's made with feta and a hard Greek cheese.

Serve with bread or rice, feta cheese, olives, parsley and chili flakes.

Tiropita or tyropita (Greek: τυρóπιτα, "cheese-pie") is a Greek pastry made with layers of buttered phyllo and filled with a cheese-egg mixture.

Spanakopita is a Greek spinach pie typically containing cheese such as feta and/or ricotta. Our version is low in calories while high in fibre, iron and calcium. It's also diabetes-friendly and suitable for vegetarians.

Feta. Without a doubt the most famous Greek cheese, feta has been around for ages. Made with sheep – or a mixture of sheep and goat's – milk, feta cheese is aged for several weeks before being stored in barrels of brine for at least two months and then sent to supermarkets and stores to be cut and sold.

Feta, the national Greek cheese, is relentlessly nibbled at, be it with a winter salad of boiled bitter greens, or a main course of summer vegetables stewed in olive oil, or a midnight snack hand-in-hand with a slice of crisp, icy, sweet watermelon.

Feta: Feta is the most famous Greek Cheese.

Unlike Western Countries where they eat Turkeys, in Greece, the main Christmas meal is often pork (and lamb). There are many traditional pork Christmas recipes that vary depending on the region.

What does tzatziki go with? Pretty much everything, it can even be eaten while on a budget, with bread and a few olives. It will keep you going. A favorite way is to use it as salad/dressing with a gyros plate, combining the taste of the two.

Do Greeks eat spanakopita for breakfast? ›

Greeks also love eating pies for breakfast !

All kind of pies : tiro pita (cheese pie), spanakopita (spinach pie), kreato-pita (chicken meat pie), served in triangular pieces.

Instead of cutting separate tops and bases, this easy method just uses one sheet of pastry folded over to make a pie shell. Cut a sheet of slightly thawed pastry into 4 equal squares. Bring the four corners of pastry to the centre to cover the filling. Pinch to seal.

When cooking, you fold in ingredients–like that cheese–when you don't want to overmix. In our recipe for Cheesy Mashed Potatoes, the goal is to add the two cups of shredded cheddar very gently to keep the potatoes light and not gluey. If you fold in ingredients, everything stays fluffy.

Tiropita (or tyropita) is a Greek pie made from layers of phyllo dough that are filled with a cheese and egg mixture. Tiropita can be made as individual pastries, like we did here. Or, you can make it in one large pan and cut into serving portions, like you do for Kotopita.

Tiropsomo is similar to spanakopita and tiropita as they use cheese as their main ingredient. But what differentiates this Greek street food is that the cheese is baked into light bread instead of filo pastry. Apart from feta cheese, tiropsomo uses unkneaded dough made from flour and milk.