Mini Greek Feta cheese pies very fast and easy recipe
Mouthwatering, delicious, and homemade mini Feta cheese pies with a very easy recipe that anyone can follow!
Mini Greek Feta cheese pies (kourou type)
I am actually drooling as I write down the recipe and trying to find the perfect words to describe these amazing Feta cheese pies. If you have never made a homemade feta cheese pie before then this is a very easy and fast recipe to get you started with!
But alas, if you don’t feel like baking worry not because these lovely pies are a must-have for every bakery in Greece! You will find them next to regular cheese pies labeled as “Kourou” so check out your local Greek bakery!
I urge you to try and make them at home because they really worth it and the whole procedure from start to finish takes about 1 hour. (Baking time and resting time included)!
Just follow my instructions and enjoy your awesome homemade Greek Feta cheese pies!
Mini Greek Feta cheese pies very fast and easy recipe
Ingredients for the dough:
- 380g all-purpose flour (2 cups)
- 200g Greek yogurt (1 store-bought yogurt cup)
- 175g sunflower oil (measure it with the yogurt cup)
- 6g baking powder (1 Tbsp, flat)
- 25g Unsalted Butter, room temperature. (1 generous Tbsp)
- 1 tsp salt, flat
Ingredients for the filling:
- 110g Feta, crushed
- ½ tsp yogurt
- 1 egg
- Freshly grounded black pepper (optional)
Instructions:
- Add all the ingredients for the dough in a bowl, except the butter, and mix well. (about 5 minutes)*
- Add the butter, which should be at room temperature, and spread it on the dough to go everywhere and then fold it a few times to integrate it with the rest of the ingredients. (see video)
- Rest the dough for 30 minutes covered with a kitchen towel.
- Prepare the filling by crushing the feta with a fork and mixing it with the egg, yogurt, and black pepper.
- After 30 minutes, pinch a piece of the dough the size of a medium walnut (about 45-50gr), and with your palms and circular movements shape into a ball.
- Press it with your palms on the counter, or press it with the bottom of a pan, or a bowl, to open to a diameter of about 11 cm. (see the video above)
- Add the filling by placing ½ tsp on the lower part of your rounded dough, flip the other half closing it like a half-moon, and press the edges with your fingers to close them.
- Place them in a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Apply egg wash on top (1 egg yolk, 2 tbsp water)
- Bake them in a preheated oven at 180C /350F, middle rack, for about 25-30 minutes until they are golden brown.
Notes:
- If you measure all the ingredients just add them in the bowl (except the butter) and mix to combine, but if you use cup measurements since every household cup is a little different add the flour little by little until you get a soft and pliable dough.
- The dough and filling measurements that I give you above, are exactly for 1 baking tray. If you run out of dough but you still have a lot of filling or vice versa then you did something wrong.
- The dough must be oily and soft.
- If you need to refrigerate the dough, then you should remove from the fridge 1 hour before you are ready to make your pies as it needs to be in room temperature.
- Baking, Greek Traditional, Recipes
- baking powder, butter, cheese pies, eggs, feta, feta cheese pies, flour, homemade, sunflower oil, yogurt
- COURSE: Appetizer
- CUISINE: Greek Traditional
- Recipe by: Christina Karagianni
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