Ingredients:

• Filling of choice (see filling recipes below)

• 1-pound fillo dough (thaw frozen dough at room temperature for 5 hours or in refrigerator overnight)

• Unsalted butter or extra virgin olive oil

•  3 eggs

• 1 large carton cottage cheese***

• 8 oz. Feta cheese

• 2 tbsp. dry, unflavored breadcrumbs  

Filling:

•  Beat eggs

• Chop/crumble Feta cheese

• Combine eggs, cottage cheese, Feta cheese, and breadcrumbs in large bowl. Mix well.  

Assemble Triangles:

• Prepare desired filling.

• Cover fillo sheets with a moist tea towel to prevent drying.

• Place 1 fillo sheet on clean work surface and brush with either oil or butter.

• Cut buttered/oiled sheet in half.

• Place 1 teaspoon of desired filling at bottom right hand corner of fillo strip.

• Fold corner over to opposite edge, making a triangle.

• Continue folding (as you would a flag), keeping triangular shape with each fold.

• Place each completed triangle seam side down on baking sheet.

• Repeat with remaining filling and fillo; brush each triangle top with melted butter.*

• Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 - 20 minutes until golden brown.

*  Triangles may be frozen unbaked. When baking from frozen state, do not defrost first. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and bake for about 20 - 25 minutes until golden brown. You may have to bake them a little longer or flip them over in the oven.

 **  Low fat version: use non-fat cottage cheese (or ricotta cheese or cream cheese), non-cholesterol egg substitute (such as Egg Beaters), and an olive oil vegetable spray (such as Pam)  

 

***  May substitute one large tub of ricotta cheese or two 8-ounce packages of cream cheese.  

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