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These Phyllo Feta Fries are everything you want in an appetizer – crunchy, salty, sweet, and super easy to make!
To make them, brush each piece of phyllo with olive oil, wrap it around the feta slices, and bake until golden and crispy.
Serve these tasty baked feta bites hot or cold with a hot honey dip you can make yourself in no time!
They are also delicious when topped on a salad or served as part of a tapas menu.
Phyllo Feta Fries Ingredients
- Feta: A good-quality block of feta gives the best results.
- Phyllo: Use phyllo at room temperature. While preparing the fries, cover any additional sheets with a clean, damp towel to keep them pliable.
- Olive oil: Or melted butter. Essential to achieving crispy, flaky, and golden phyllo.
- Seasoning: Dried mint for flavor, and sesame seeds for crunch.
How to Make Phyllo Feta Fries
- Preparation: Preheat the oven. Slice the cheese and trim the phyllo.
- Roll the feta in phyllo and brush with olive oil.
- Arrange the feta fries on a baking tray. Bake until golden.
- Serve with hot honey.
Recipe Tip
To ensure crispy fries, be sure to dry each slice of feta on a paper towel and brush all sides of the phyllo with olive oil prior to rolling.
FAQs
Try a spicy chili dip, tzatziki, garlic dip, fruit jam, or chutney.
Make croutons instead of fries to enjoy with a delicious chicken soup, or chop them into smaller pieces to top onto a green salad.
Absolutely! You can use any hard cheese that slices into long pieces (cheddar, Gouda, Manchego, Gruyère, etc.).
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Phyllo Feta Fries
Ingredients
- 150 grams feta
- 4 sheets phyllo pastry
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, for brushing
- 2 teaspoons mint, dried
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds, black or white
- 5 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes
- sea salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (355°F).
- Dry the feta on a piece of kitchen roll.
- Cut the cheese in half, halve each half again and again until you have 16 equal-sized pieces.
- Trim the phyllo into sections as wide as the feta (I got five pieces for each sheet). You will need 16 pieces in total.
- Brush olive oil on each piece of phyllo (the side facing up).
- Place a slice of feta at the top of the piece of pastry and roll it tightly.
- Sprinkle with dried mint on the last ⅓ of the rolled up pastry.
- Brush the top of the rolled fry with olive oil and sprinkle with black sesame seeds.
- When you’ve rolled all the fries, place them on a lined baking tray.
- Bake until golden and crispy (about 12-15 minutes).
- Heat the honey and chili flakes in a small pot on medium heat until the chili has infused the honey (about 2-3 minutes).
- Add sea salt to taste (optional).
- Pour the hot honey mixture into a bowl.
- Arrange the fries on a chopping board or platter and serve with hot honey.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
