Glykia Tyropita Me Portokali (Orange Sweet Cream Cheese Pie)
Glykia Tyropita, which means sweet cheese pie, is a concoction of mine made with anthotyro and cream cheese and filled with orange, wrapped in phyllo and baked in muffin tins.
I was inspired to make them by Cypriot Bourekia, which are made with homemade phyllo, anari (whey cheese similar to ricotta), cinnamon and orange blossom water.
I made these easy, cheesy, beautiful desserts with store bough phyllo and baked them in muffin tins. They were very easy to make and tasted wonderful.
I put the cream cheese and anthotyro in the mixer bowl and mixed them together adding icing sugar and testing to see if they were sweet enough.
I added orange blossom water and cinnamon, which is a combination with we use with anthotyro in Cyprus. I then added an egg and mixed all the ingredients together to make the filling.
Then I remembered that I still had some caramelized orange peels which I decided to use when I was putting the cream in the tins.
I must say that the following day when they were cold, they tasted even better, because the flavour of the orange mixed in the cream, gave it a nice citrus flavour.
If you have citrus spoon sweets you may try other flavours like lemon, bergamot, Seville oranges ( bitter oranges), or kumquat preserve.
I am submitting this recipe to Lore, of Culinarty, for her event Original Recipes.
Since this is also a pie, I wish to remind my friends who wish to participate to the Sweet Pies Event that they still have time until the end of October to bake a pie, a tart, a tartlette, crumble anything with a filling and don't forget the Chef's Knife I promised you.
Glykia Tyropita Me Portokali (Orange Sweet Cream Cheese Pie)
Glykia Tyropita is a concoction of mine made with anthotyro and cream cheese and filled with orange, wrapped in phyllo and baked in muffin tins.
Ingredients
- 10 phyllo sheets
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 150 grams cream cheese
- 150 grams anari (anthotyros or ricotta)
- 3 - 4 tablespoon icing sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
- Caramelized orange peels or other citrus spoon sweet
- 1 tablespoon demerara sugar
- Icing sugar to sprinkle on top
Instructions
- Cut the phyllo sheets into rectangular or square pieces about 12 x 15 cm or 15 x 15 cm depending on the size of your phyllo sheets and your aluminum foil cups or you can use your ramekins or cupcake tins.
- Heat the butter to melt and brush the cups and then brush each piece of phyllo with some butter and place three or four sheets in the cups.
- Fill them with the mixture and add one teaspoon of caramelized orange peels on top.
- Fold the pieces of phyllo towards the centre and if they are not already buttered, brush them lightly.
- Sprinkle some brown sugar on top and bake in a preheated oven to 180 degrees Centigrade for about 45 minutes until golden brown and crispy. (Sorry I don't have any pictures to show here as the battery of the camera emptied).
- Serve sprinkling some extra icing sugar and cinnamon on top.
Kopiaste and Kali Orexi!
Beautiful my friend! I need to get some phyllo and try something similar to this. Thanks for the great recipe! 🙂
These filo tarts are an inspiration to me sis. As always you have turned a simple recipe into something special:D
Lovely! Got to try it sometime.
Those look gorgeous, very nice individual "pies" that would be lvoely to serve to guests. I am still trying to think of something different to make for your event Ivy.
Oh, this looks just delightful!! There's a similar Lebanese dish but it uses orange blossom water - I think that the textural variation of the orange peel would be so very, very nice.
Very nice Ivy! That first picture is beautiful!
Ahhh, I see you utilizing those candied orange peels! The phyllo cup with the filling was captured very well in this photo...I'm hungry for dessert.
Ivy, this looks amazing and say thank you from all of us to Val for providing the inspiration. It seems easy enough and with the ingredients well, what can I say.
Oooh these sound so tasty. I am a sucker for sweetened cream cheese in pretty much anything. The orange peel and cinnamon can only make it better!
These pies look beautiful and must be wonderful to taste. The crunchy phyllo with the creamy cheese paired with orange peel and cinnamon...I do have phyllo in my freezer and I definitely want to try this recipe!!
I have to admit that you did a great job. Love the pics.
These look delish Ivy - I could sure do with one now.
Creamy-cheesy inside and crunchy outside works every time. The parcel in the first photo looks really delicious! Thanks for sharing your pie with Original Recipes Ivy
Lovely! I saw the recipe at Esi's site and she inspired me today. We had the danishes for breakfast, and I also made little muffin-sized pies with a version of that filling for my mum.
The caramelized orange peels are an excellent idea! Thanks Ivy.
These little pies look very very nice. I think I'm going to have to try my hand at making phyllo, when I have time next.