Authentic cheese pie  

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12 sheets home made filo dough

or store bought filo

500gr good quality feta cheese 

½ liter milk

½ cup butter melted  

½ cup olive oil

8 large fresh eggs  

Fresh ground white pepper

Preparation method

Mix olive oil with melted butter. 

Grease a 24x36cm-baking pan with the oil and butter mixture and spread 4 sheets of home made phillo, butter each one.

In a bowl crumble feta cheese add pepper

On the 4^th phillo brush with butter as always and spread crumbled feta cheese.

Place one more sheet of phillo, brush with oil/butter and spread cheese.

Follow the same as the second stage and top with four more sheets of phillo, brushing always with butter/oil. With a sharp knife cut the top 6 sheets of phillo without cutting the first 4 sheets in the bottom.

Whisk eggs add milk and left over butter and oil and pour it over the surface of the pie and bake immediately in 200c-400f pre-heated oven for 45 minutes.

Remove pie from the oven and let it settle for 10 minutes. Serve as a meal accompanied with green salad.

Above cheese pie can be prepared with store phillo, but you add four sheets in the bottom of the baking pan, two each layer and four on top.

Note: Always remember to brush each phillo with butter.

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