Northern Greek feta cheese and egg pie


This coiled pastry is from Naoussa, a village in the Cyclades region of northeastern Greece. It's filled with a rich-but-light creamy feta cheese centre. 

Ingredients

Filo pastry
  • 4-4½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1½-1¾ cups water
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil or vegetable oil
  • 115 g (¼ lb) butter or more, as needed, melted and clarified
Filling
  • 900 g (1 lb) Greek feta, crumbled
  • 4 large eggs