Kalitsounia with spinach and mizithra

Name: Kalitsounia with spinach and mizithra
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 cup warm water; all purpose flour as much as it takes for a soft pliable dough; 1 kg finely chopped spinach; 1/2 kg mizithra or anthotyro cheese; 1 dry onion finely chopped; leaves spearmint, fennel; salt, pepper; 1 bit of oil; 1 egg, beaten with a little bit of water; sesame seeds

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Traditional recipe from Chania for (savoury) kalitsounia. They are usually made at Easter but they are vigorously consumed all year round, no matter how they are made (just with wild greens or with mizithra, fried or baked) they are extremely delicious.

Recipe by ΛαδοΜπούκι

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Greece

Recipe by ΛαδοΜπούκι

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Ingredients

For the dough
1 tspsalt
2 tbspolive oil
1 cupwarm water
all purpose flour as much as it takes for a soft pliable dough
For the filling
1 kgfinely chopped spinach
1/2 kgmizithra or anthotyro cheese
1dry onion finely chopped
leavesspearmint, fennel
salt, pepper
1bit of oil
For the brushing
1egg, beaten with a little bit of water
sesame seeds

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Steps

1

Place the finely chopped spinach in a bowl with the onion, the spearmint, the fennel, the mizithra or anthotyro (whichever of the two you prefer, or both), salt, pepper and a bit of oil and combine to an even mix. Fill a plate with the mix that you have prepared and start.
2

Make the dough with the flour, the oil and the salt. Roll out the dough to a sheet that is not very thin.
3

Cut out with a knife into squares and fill each one with a tablespoon of the filling that you already have on your plate.
4

Fold the two opposite corners of the pastry.
5

Do the same with the two remaining corners and press at the center of the kalitsouni lightly with your fingers to seal.
6

Spread them out on a baking tray lined with baking paper, brush them with the beaten egg and sprinkle sesame over them.
7

Bake in a preheated oven at 180-200°C for about 1 hour. Bon appétit!!