Baked Cheese Pastry

Ingredients

 * 12 sheets of phyllo pastry
 * 450 g / 1 lb Bulgarian white cheese or feta
 * plenty of melted butter
 * 4 eggs
 * 240 ml / 8 fl.oz soda water
 * salt

Directions

 * 1) Preheat the oven to 180°C, 350°F, gas mark 4 and lightly butter a wide deep ovenproof dish.
 * 2) The dish should preferably be the same length and width as a sheets of phyllo.
 * 3) Place a sheet of phyllo pastry in the bottom of the prepared dish, bush with melted butter then sprinkle with some of the crumbled white cheese.
 * 4) Continue the layers in the same way, ending with a layer of buttered pastry.
 * 5) Place the eggs, salt, and soda water in a mixing bowl and beat well then slowly pour the mixture over the layered cheese/pastry.
 * 6) Set aside for 10 minutes then bake for about 40 minutes until slightly risen and browned.
 * 7) Remove from the oven and set aside to cool for about 30 minutes before serving.