Greek Cheese Pies
From midgelet 4 years ago
- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 10
It is customary in Greece for local dishes to be given the name of the area or region where they originated; thus, sfakianopites are named for Sfakia, a lovely area of Crete The cheese is a soft and mild cheese. Read more . There are a variety of recipes and some have ouzo as the liquid See less
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons of flour shopping list
- 10 tablespoons "mizithra cheese" (Closest substitute is shopping list
- probably Ricotta, or cottage cheese) shopping list
- a little oil, salt and as much water ( may be some ouzo too ) as needed. shopping list
- honey shopping list
How to make it
- Prepare a soft dough with the flour, the water,
- the oil and some salt.
- Roll it out and prepare 10 pieces the size of a small
- saucer.
- Shape 10 small balls with the cheese and put one ball
- on each piece of dough,pulling at the sides of dough so as to cover the cheese. .
- Press this down again with the rolling pin so that each ball
- is the size of a small saucer.
- Fry in a pan ( non stick ) with little or without oil, turning them round constantly so they won't burn.
- Pour (thyme) honey over each one before serving.
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