Greek cheese pies (kourou)🇬🇷✨

Name: Greek cheese pies (kourou)🇬🇷✨
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the dough; 300 g strained yogurt; 300 ml sunflower oil; 600 g all purpose flour; 20 g baking powder; 1 tsp salt; For the filling; 250 g feta cheese; 2 eggs; 1 tsp strained yogurt

Dimitra @dimitramchd

Tiropitakia kourou (τυροπιτάκια κουρού) are delicious Greek cheese pies that are usually served for breakfast. A rich, crumbly dough hides a wonderful filling that is generally made of Feta cheese.

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Ingredients

30min

For the dough
300 gstrained yogurt
300 mlsunflower oil
600 gall purpose flour
20 gbaking powder
1 tspsalt
For the filling
250 gfeta cheese
2eggs
1 tspstrained yogurt

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Steps

30min

1

Mix the yogurt and the sunflower oil in a bowl.
Add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix the ingredients until the mixture becomes a soft dough.
Let it rest for 30 min
2

Mix all the filling ingredients till it becomes homogeneous. You can also use some grated cheese(optional).
3

Divide the dough into small equal pieces about 40gr of dough per piece.
Roll each piece into a ball and flatter with your hand to a circle of about 10 cm.
Spread about one tablespoon of filling on the edge of the dough, lift half of the dough and fold it over the other half.
Bake in the middle of the oven for about 25 minutes, 180degrees or until golden.
4

Tip* Mix an egg yolk with a teaspoon of milk in a small bowl. Brush the pies with the egg wash and sprinkle sesame seeds if desired. The egg wash gives color and shine to the pies.
5

Enjoy❤️✨