Tiropetes (cheese rolls)

100 Rolls

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
6 Eggs; separated
1 pounds Feta cheese; crumbled
12 ounces Cottage cheese
¼ cup Blue cheese; crumbled (opt.)
16 ounces Filo pastry sheets
2 cups Butter; melted

Directions

Beat egg whites until stiff; add yolks and continue beating until well blended. Add cheese and mix well.

Cut pastry sheets into quarters or into 8x6-inch pieces. Brush pastry with hot melted butter. Place a teaspoon of cheese mixture in bottom center of pastry strip, folding over one-third on each side and brushing again with butter; roll like a jellyroll. Place on cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Note: Tiropetes can be frozen before baking. Do not thaw; bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in the early 1970s. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.

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