Maria's cheese pie

Name: Maria's cheese pie
Yield: 1 30 cm pan
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour with 2 tsp baking powder mixed in it; 1/2 cup olive oil; 2 tbsp cold butter; 1 cup plain yoghurt; 1 tsp salt; 3 tbsp cold water; 3 cups feta cheese, crumbled; 1 egg; 1/2 cup milk; 1 tbsp dried spearmint; 1/2 spring onion, finely chopped; 1 tbsp fine semolina; pepper; ground nutmeg

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Recipe by ΠΕΤΑΛΟΥΔΙΤΣΑ

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

Recipe by ΠΕΤΑΛΟΥΔΙΤΣΑ

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Ingredients

1 30 cm pan

For the pastry
2 1/2 cupsflour with 2 tsp baking powder mixed in it
1/2 cupolive oil
2 tbspcold butter
1 cupplain yoghurt
1 tspsalt
3 tbspcold water
For the filling
3 cupsfeta cheese, crumbled
1egg
1/2 cupmilk
1 tbspdried spearmint
1/2spring onion, finely chopped
1 tbspfine semolina
pepper
ground nutmeg

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Steps

1

Mix all the pasrty ingredients together and knead, adding more flour if necessary, to get a soft, pliable dough.
2

Cover the bowl and let the dough rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
3

Divide the dough into 2 balls. The piece meant for the base of the pie should be bigger.
4

Roll out both pieces. Oil an ovenproof dish, and cover its base and sides with the larger piece of pastry.
5

Combine all the filling ingredients, and pour evenly onto the pastry in the pie dish.
6

Cover with the remaining pastry sheet. Roll the edges neatly.
7

Score the surface of the pie into portions.
8

Brush generously with olive oil, and sprinkle with cold water.
9

If desired, you can sprinkle the surface with sesame seeds.
10

Bake in a preheated oven, 200 degrees, on the first shelf, till golden brown.