Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Tahini, sugar, and cinnamon are a perfect combination, but the orange zest makes these Cypriot tahini pies irresistible! The addition of sesame seeds makes the pies crunchy, but they are optional. This is a hand pie with layers of dough and sweet filling that melts in your mouth and is my personal.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor:
- Make ready 250 g bread flour
- Get 250 g all purpose flour
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Get 300 ml water warm
- Make ready 25 g yeast fresh (or 7g dry instant)
- Take 300 g tahini
- Prepare 300 g sugar granulated
- Make ready 2 tsps cinnamon ground
- Make ready zest of an orange
- Take 50 g sesame seeds (optional)
It is an ideal food during fasting periods as there are no eggs or oil in apart from the natural oil that is produced In order to make tahini pies, we must first prepare the yeast. Cypriot pies by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis. A delicious trafitional Cypriot pie recipe that is easy to make and can be eaten for breakfast or any time of day! Tahinopita (plural tahinopites) is a Cypriot Lenten Bread, filled with tahini, sugar and cinnamon.
Steps to make Cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor:
- Add about a tsp of the weighed sugar and a little bit of the warm water to the yeast. Mix well.
- In a mixing bowl, sift the two types of flour. Add salt and blend.
- Add the yeast mixture. Start adding water gradually and knead for 15 minutes, until you have a soft dough.
- Put the dough in a lightly greased bowl and cover; place it in a warm spot and let it rise for 45 min.
- In the meantime, prepare the filling. Add sugar, cinnamon, orange zest and sesame seeds to the tahini. Mix well.
- Weigh the dough and cut it into 8 equal pieces.
- Take one piece of dough and roll out a small disk, about 15cm/6inches in diameter. Put 2 tbsps of filling in the middle and pinch the edges to seal it.
- Flatten it with your hand, then roll it out until it gets about 15cm/6inches in diameter.
- Roll the sheet into a log about 30cm/12inches long. Cut in half. Stretch each piece to get a little longer.
- Swirl both sides creating two opposite spirals. Fold in half, covering one spiral with the other. This way, you create layers of dough and filling. Flatten it again and put in on a baking tray, covered with parchment paper.
- Repeat the process for the rest of the dough until you have 16 hand-pies in total.
- Bake in a preheated oven, at 200°C/400°F, middle position, for 15 to 17min, till they're golden brown.
Koupes - a delious snack in Cyprus, meat filling with herbs coated in cracked wheat, deep fried and served with lemon to squeeze into and over it. Cypriot tahini pies are a much easier to make than honeyed Greek desserts. Dip each pie immediately into reserved syrup, coating well on both sides. Remove with a slotted spoon and let cool. Once cooled completely, they can be stored in an air tight container.
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