tiropita
tiropita noun: a Greek pastry with layers of buttered phyllo, filled with a cheese-egg mixture.
Noun
tiropita (countable and uncountable, plural tiropitas or tiropites)
- A Greek pastry with layers of buttered phyllo, filled with a cheese-egg mixture.
- Bake the tiropites on a baking sheet until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Tiropites can be assembled in advance, frozen, and baked just before serving.1997, JeanMarie Brownson, Betty Fussell, Nao Hauser, Deborah Madison, “Spinach and Cheese Tiropites”, in Joy of Cooking, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, “Vegetables” section, page 418, column 1
- But for her, it was her mother’s cooking that brought her to Yallingup. Cheesy filo tiropites, her famous chicken soup – avgolemono – and nutty, cinnamon-spiced baklava drizzled in syrup.2015, Loretta Hill, chapter 5, in The Maxwell Sisters, Sydney, N.S.W.: Bantam, →ISBN, page 57
Forms of tiropita
| plural | tiropitas |
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| plural | tiropites |
| alternative form | tyropita |
Origin of tiropita
Borrowed from Greek τυρόπιτα (tyrópita, “cheese pie”).
Questions about tiropita
- What does tiropita mean?
- Tiropita means a Greek pastry with layers of buttered phyllo, filled with a cheese-egg mixture.
- What part of speech is tiropita?
- Tiropita is a noun.
- What is the plural of tiropita?
- The plural of tiropita is tiropitas.
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