Lyhnarakia (sweet cheese pies) from Chania

Name: Lyhnarakia (sweet cheese pies) from Chania
Yield: about 25 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 25 g fresh yeast; 1/3 cup lukewarm milk; 4 cups all purpose flour; 1/2 cup olive oil; 2/3 cup sugar; 2 eggs beaten with a bit of salt; 250 g strained yogurt; 800 g unsalted mizithra; 2 egg yolks; 1 vanillin (powder); 2 tbsp honey; zest of one lemon; 1 tbsp cinnamon; 2 tbsp unsalted butter; 6 tbsp sugar; 1 egg yolk beaten with a bit of water for brushing

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A sweet that we make in Crete mainly during Easter. It isn't hard but it takes a bit of time to do the "pinching".

Recipe by ariadnibb

A sweet that we make in Crete mainly during Easter. It isn't hard but it takes a bit of time to do the "pinching".

Recipe by ariadnibb

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

A sweet that we make in Crete mainly during Easter. It isn't hard but it takes a bit of time to do the "pinching".

Recipe by ariadnibb

A sweet that we make in Crete mainly during Easter. It isn't hard but it takes a bit of time to do the "pinching".

Recipe by ariadnibb

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Ingredients

about 25 servings

For the dough
25 gfresh yeast
1/3 cuplukewarm milk
4 cupsall purpose flour
1/2 cupolive oil
2/3 cupsugar
2eggs beaten with a bit of salt
250 gstrained yogurt
For the filling
800 gunsalted mizithra
2egg yolks
1vanillin (powder)
2 tbsphoney
zest of one lemon
1 tbspcinnamon
2 tbspunsalted butter
6 tbspsugar
1egg yolk beaten with a bit of water for brushing

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Steps

1

Dissolve the yeast into the milk and add flour so that you get a thick batter which you leave to rise for half an hour.
2

Beat the oil with the sugar in a bowl and add the yolks, salt, yogurt and the thick batter that has already risen. Mix well.
3

Gradually add the rest of the flour and knead on a dusted surface (so that it gets kneaded better).
4

Cover the dough and let it rest.
5

Meanwhile prepare the filling.
6

Crumble the cheese with a fork and add to the rest of the ingredients mixing well.
7

Roll out the dough to a thick sheet and cut into circles using a small plate.
8

Place a spoonful of the filling in the center and raise the sides of the dough pinching them so that you make a small tartlet.
9

Brush with the egg and sprinkle with cinnamon.
10

Place the lyhnarakia on a baking tray lined with partchment paper.
11

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for half an hour (until they are golden brown) using the convection element.