CTV Recipes

All Recipes
Clear all
Meals
Chefs
Dietary Concerns
More Options
Shows

Search Recipes

Feta phyllo triangles with honey and sesame seeds

Ingredients

  • 90 grams feta cheese, crumbled (1/3 cup)
  • 90 grams drained ricotta cheese (1/3 cup )
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • Salt and cracked black pepper
  • 1/4 cup freshly chopped mint (50 milliliters)
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (60 milliliters)
  • 6 sheets phyllo pastry
  • White and black sesame seeds for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons honey (25 milliliters) , optional for garnish

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, combine the feta and ricotta with the eggs and mint. Season with freshly cracked black pepper and stir well to blend. Chill until ready to use. 
  2. Cut each sheet of phyllo into five equal strips. Work with one pile of phyllo at a time. Wrap remaining phyllo up in tea towel . Brush strip with olive oil and cover with a second strip and butter again. Lay strip down vertically in front of you.
  3. Spoon a heaping teaspoon of filling in bottom corner of strip and fold over in half diagonally creating a triangle. Continue folding over into triangular shape until you reach end of strip. Repeat with remaining strips. Brush tops with a little more olive oil. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, if desired. 
  4. Place triangles on a baking sheet and bake at 375 F in middle rack of oven for about 15 -18 minutes or until golden and crisp. 
  5. Drizzle with honey when warm and serve immediately.

Follow Christine Cushing:


You might like

View All Recipes
Fasolakia (Green beans in tomato sauce) Fasolakia (Green beans in tomato sauce)
Easy flat bread Easy flat bread
Chickpea halloumi salad Chickpea halloumi salad
Flambéd saganaki Flambéd saganaki
Green beans in tomato sauce Green beans in tomato sauce
Orzo with kaseri cheese Orzo with kaseri cheese