Tiropita, or tyropita, meaning cheese-pie, is a Greek pastry made with layers of buttered phyllo filled with a cheese-egg mixture, served either in an individual-size free-form wrapped shape or as a larger pie portioned for serving. A version made with kasseri cheese may be called kasseropita, and a spinach-and-cheese version is called spanakotiropita.
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In Cuisine
Source Wikipedia: Tiropita
Uses Ingredient
Source Wikipedia: Tiropita
Source Wikipedia: Tiropita
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Greece, originated there.
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1. Wikipedia: Tiropita
Introduction
Tiropita or tyropita is a Greek pastry made with layers of buttered phyllo and filled with a cheese-egg mixture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiropita (dietary-suitability)
Tiropita or tyropita is a Greek pastry made with layers of buttered phyllo and filled with a cheese-egg mixture.
- Uses Ingredient: Cheese, Infobox main_ingredient field: phyllo, eggs, cheese
- Uses Ingredient: Egg, Infobox main_ingredient field: phyllo, eggs, cheese
In Cuisine: Greek Cuisine, lead paragraph
Tiropita or tyropita (Greek: τυρóπιτα, "cheese-pie") is a Greek pastry made with layers of buttered phyllo and filled with a cheese-egg mixture.
View the Source2. Tiropita (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia 'Tiropita' 2026-09-27: a recipe in Cato the Elder's De Agri Cultura (160 BC) describes 'placenta', the ancestor cheese-pie dish, in detail; earliest documented ancestor per the article.View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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