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Today some baking is in order!
Yesterday I made myself a most favourite and classic Greek snack, tyropitakia (small feta cheese pies).
I remember my mum making them at least once a week, either for us kids to have for dinner, for school or both! There are lots of recipes , however, this one is very easy to make and really tasty, as long as you can find some good quality feta cheese (very important!). Needless to mention the amazing smell of the baking pastry in the house. With a green salad aside, makes the perfect supper!
Today some baking is in order!
Yesterday I made myself a most favourite and classic Greek snack, tyropitakia (small feta cheese pies).
I remember my mum making them at least once a week, either for us kids to have for dinner, for school or both! There are lots of recipes , however, this one is very easy to make and really tasty, as long as you can find some good quality feta cheese (very important!). Needless to mention the amazing smell of the baking pastry in the house. With a green salad aside, makes the perfect supper!
Enjoy!
Tyropitakia with feta cheese (makes 30-35)
Ingredients:
250 g margarine (at room temperature)
500 g self-raising flour
200 g Greek style yogurt
200 g feta cheese, crumbled, seasoned with some pepper
1-2 tbsp milk
sesame seeds/ black sesame seeds (optional)
sesame seeds/ black sesame seeds (optional)
Process:
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Put all the indredients (except for the feta cheese and milk) in a bowl and mix with your hands, until you have a nice, soft dough. In the case that the dough is dry, you might need to add 1-2 tbsp of milk.
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| Put all the ingredients in a bowl |
Roll small balls out of the dough in the size of a walnut.
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| This is what crumbled feta should look like, seasoned with black pepper |
Pat each ball into your palm and put some feta seasoned with some pepper in the centre.
Close the dough, pressing around with your fingers (at this point you can freeze the ones you don't need to bake, seperately, one by one).
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| The steps in photos |
Place on a tray with baking paper (optional: press a fork along the side you closed the tyropitakia-classic grandma's design!). Leave to rest for 30' then bake for appr. 20', until golden.
tip 2: you can freeze them, just before baking, if you don't want to eat the whole batch and put in the oven straight from the freezer.
tip 3: they accompany salad or soup as a side dish/starter very well
ΚΑΛΗ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ!
I don't think I ever tried feta cheese but now you made me want to, this sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the quality of my feta, but those look SO good that I must try them!
ReplyDeleteYou make them look so easy to make, bet they tast great.
ReplyDeleteThese look so tasty! I think I will try and make them later in the year when I can eat them with a crisp, green salad. It is a bit too cold and damp for salad here at the moment! How is the olive harvest going? Do you live near the olive grove?
ReplyDeleteThe olive harvest is going well.The olive grove is in my father's village, which is 2 hours drive from where I live. This is why I can only help my family during my school holidays. Let me know when you try the recipe!
DeletePS. Itried to comment on your posting but there was no comment button on any of the postings. What happened?
Toward the end of the month I like to adventure out and stop in some different blogs and I came over from “Carlas” blog “My half dozen daily” and/or “Viv blog....Where the Journey takes me”...Never heard of “Tyropitaka” I like feta cheese.
ReplyDeleteHope you fine your way over to my blog and the coffee is on.