Greek Peinirli

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g all-purpose flour
• 500 g bread flour
• 50 g fresh yeast
• 100 g melted butter
• 200 ml milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 kg kasseri cheese, roughly grated
• 150 g butter
• 1 teaspoon oregano leaves, whole
• 8 ham slices (optional)
• 8 slices bacon, cooked (optional)

Recipe

• 1 warm the milk to make it slightly tepid and put in a mixing bowl, now add the honey and dissolve it, then add the yeast and dissolve it.
• 2 mix the 2 types of flour together and then add 200g of this mixture to the milk and mix well.
• 3 cover the bowl with cling film and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes, to activate the yeast and rise.
• 4 put the remaining flour in a large bowl and add the salt and melted butter.
• 5 beat the egg in a little tepid water and add to the mixture.
• 6 add the flour and yeast mixture to this mixture and knead well, adding some tepid water to make a non-sticky pliable dough.
• 7 cover the bowl with cling film and leave in a warm place for approximately 1 hour until it has doubled in size.
• 8 divide the dough into 8 equal balls and roll each ball out flat and give them an oval shape.
• 9 spread the grated cheese lengthwise in the centre of each one. you can sprinkle a few leaves of oregano on top if you wish.
• 10 if you are using ham and bacon, put the slice of ham at the bottom, the cheese on top of it and the slice of bacon on top of that.
• 11 looking at the dough with the oval-shape horizontal in front of you, take the top left and bottom right corners and fold them in a little bit toward the centre.
• 12 then take the top right and bottom left corners and do the same.
• 13 pinch the two ends of the oval together so that you get the boat-like shape.
• 14 cut the 150g butter into 8 equal pieces and place in the centre of each.
• 15 sprinkle a shallow oven dish with some flour, place the 8 peinirli on it and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• 16 then put them in a pre heated oven at 250 degrees celsius for 20-30 minutes, until they are golden brown.
• 17 serve warm.