Greek Cheese Triangles
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INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 12-15
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach - thawed, drained and squeezed dry
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 (4 ounce) package feta cheese, crumbled
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough
- 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
DIRECTIONS
- Heat olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Slowly cook and stir onion until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Mix in spinach and salt.
- Stir in feta cheese, cottage cheese and egg.
- Cook and stir until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to simmer.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Unroll phyllo dough sheets one at a time on a flat surface.
- Brush with unsalted butter.
- Cut into strips approximately 5 inches wide.
- Place 1 tablespoon of the onion, spinach and feta mixture at one end of each dough strip.
- Fold the end of the strip over the filling so that it forms a triangle.
- Continue folding the strip in triangles until a small, triangular stuffed pastry remains.
- Brush with unsalted butter.
- Repeat with remaining phyllo dough.
- Arrange stuffed triangles on a large baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven 12 to 15 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm.


