Warm baked feta wrapped in layers of crispy, golden phyllo pastry and drizzled with honey! This is an easy appetizer made with store-bought phyllo dough wrapped around a block of feta cheese, brushed with olive oil and baked until golden brown, crispy on the outside and the feta gets all nice and warm on the inside before being topped off with nutty sesame seeds and drizzled with warm honey. The perfect combination of sweet and savoury. 

Ingredient List

• Phyllo pastry: use store-bought for ease and convenience. 
• Feta: you need to use rectangular blocks of feta in brine. Don’t use cubed or crumbled feta. I always go for goat feta. 
• Butter: melted unsalted butter to brush the layers of phyllo pastry. You could use extra virgin olive oil.
• Thyme or dill: you can use fresh or dried to sprinkle over the feta before baking.
• Sesame seeds: use sesame seeds or nigella seeds for a nutty flavour. 
• Black pepper: freshly cracked black pepper always adds flavour. Salt is not necessary, the feta brings enough salt. 
• Honey: any honey will work. I like hot honey as it packs a little punch. 

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Phyllo-Wrapped Baked Feta with Honey

Course Appetizer

Ingredients

• 2 – 3 ounce blocks, goat feta
• 2 sheets phyllo dough thawed
• ¼ cup honey, warmed for drizzling
• 2 tbsp sesame seeds
• 1 tbsp fresh dill or thyme leaves
• 3 tbsp butter melted, or olive oil

Instructions

• Heat oven to 350℉.
• Gently spread each sheet of phyllo dough on a clean surface.
• Brush the phyllo with extra virgin olive oil or melted butter.
• Place the feta on the bottom of the phyllo with the short end closest to you and fold the sides over and then fold the cheese over until you have reached the end of the phyllo.
• Repeat with the second block of feta and the remaining phyllo sheet.
• Brush the outside with olive oil.
• Place the phyllo wrapped feta with the folded sided on the bottom on a parchment lined pan. 

• Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until the phyllo is golden and crispy on both sides. 
Remove from the oven and transfer to a serving plate.
• Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Finish with a sprinkle of fresh dill or thyme and serve.