tyropita

plural tyropitas · plural tyropites

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of tiropita.

   Try the tyropites (flaky pastry puffs filled with melting cheese) as a starter.

   1987, Egon Ronay, “Kalamaras (Mega)”, in Egon Ronay’s Cellnet Guide: Hotels & Restaurants, 1988: Hotels, Restaurants and Inns, Great Britain and Ireland, London: Egon Ronay’s Guides, →ISBN, “London” section, page 262, column 2

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   The cook comes out to join us after we’ve been served with large quantities of keftedes, tyropites, cheese, salad, fish, steak, melon and probably other plates which slipped by me unnoticed.

   1982, George Galt, “A Benefactor”, in Trailing Pythagoras, Dunvegan, Ont.: Quadrant Editions, →ISBN, page 59

   Then came Molyvos, where I ate dolmades and tyropites and grilled fish, remembering what it was like to sit on a hillside in Crete with the oregano-scented breezes blowing across your face as you looked at the wine-dark sea down below.

   2005, Ruth Reichl, “The Missionary of the Delicious”, in Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Large Print edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House Large Print, →ISBN, pages 406–407