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    Home » Recipes » Traditional Greek Food Recipes

    Tiropitakia Kourou

    Published: Nov 17, 2009 · Updated: Jun 12, 2020 by Peter G · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Tiropitakia kourou are Greek shortbread cheese pies hailing from Greece’s northern region of Macedonia. The pastry is enhanced with yoghurt - giving it a slight tart or tangy flavour.

    Want to know how to make them?

    Let’s dive right in.

    a selection of crescent shaped cheese pies

    🥘 Ingredients

    a top down view of a table with pastry being rolled and cut to make pies

    To make tiropitakia kourou, you’re going to need the following ingredients

    For the Dough:

    • 3 cups of sifted plain flour
    • 2 teaspoons of baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup olive oil
    • ½ cup butter, melted
    • ½ a cup Greek yogurt
    • 1 egg yolk

    For The Filling:

    • 2 eggs lightly beaten
    • 250 grams of crumbled feta cheese or goats cheese
    • 1 cup of grated kasseri cheese or Gruyere cheese
    • 3 tbsps of single cream

    Looking at the ingredients, we can see there is quite a bit of fat from the olive oil, butter and yoghurt. 

    Don’t be afraid of the fat here! It gives these shortbread cheese pies their delicious biscuit-like texture and crumb.

    🔪 Instructions

    freshly rolled mini crescent shaped pies laid on a baking tray
    1. To make the pastry place all the ingredients in a food processor until the mixture forms a ball. Cover in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for half an hour.
    2. Once the dough has rested, remove it from the refrigerator and roll it out to about 3 mm thick and cut out rounds using a 12cm cookie cutter.
    3. Lightly mix the filling ingredients in another bowl and proceed to place 1 tablespoon of filling in each round.
    4. Fold each round in half and seal the edges with a fork to achieve a nice crimped edge.
    5. Place the pies onto a baking tray, brush with egg wash and place in a preheated 180 deg C oven for about 25-30 mins (depending on how your oven works!)

    💭 Top tip

    If you find the pastry breaks while rolling it - don’t stress. Just use an off cut to patch it up. These tiropitakia kourou are quite forgiving.

    crescent shaped mini pies presented on a large pie stand

    📖 Variations

    If you’re interested, I have a few recipes on the site for Greek pies.

    Try my traditional tiropitakia using store-bought filo pastry. These are much quicker to bake.

    My homemade spanakopita is a real winner - full instructions included by my mother.

    mini cheese pies served on a pie stand

    Tiropitakia Kourou

    Author: Peter G
    Tiropitakia Kourou are Greek shortbread cheese pies hailing from Greece’s northern region of Macedonia. The pastry is enhanced with yoghurt - giving it a slight tart or tangy flavour.
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Resting Time (for dough) 30 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 30 mins
    Cuisine Greek
    Servings 25 pies

    Ingredients
      

    For the Dough:

    • 3 cups plain flour, sifted
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup olive oil
    • ½ cup butter, melted
    • ½ cup Greek yogurt
    • 1 egg yolk

    For The Filling:

    • 2 eggs , lightly beaten
    • 250 grams feta cheese , crumbled, can substitute with goats cheese
    • 1 cup kasseri cheese, or Gruyere cheese
    • 3 tbsps single cream
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    Instructions
     

    • To make the pastry place all the ingredients in a food processor until the mixture forms a ball. Cover in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for half an hour.
    • Once the dough has rested, remove it from the refrigerator and roll it out to about 3 mm thick and cut out rounds using a 12cm cookie cutter.
    • Lightly mix the filling ingredients in another bowl and proceed to place 1 tablespoon of filling in each round.
    • Fold each round in half and seal the edges with a fork to achieve a nice crimped edge.
    • Place the pies onto a baking tray, brush with egg wash and place in a preheated 180 deg C oven for about 25-30 mins (depending on how your oven works!)

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1 pie | Calories: 189 kcal | Carbohydrates: 12 g | Protein: 6 g | Fat: 13 g | Saturated Fat: 6 g

    This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

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