Cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor
Cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Today we're going to make Cypriot tahini pies. Tahini, sugar and cinnamon is a perfect combination, but the orange zest makes it irresistible! Tahini, sugar, and cinnamon are a perfect combination, but the orange zest makes these Cypriot tahini pies irresistible!

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor:
  1. Take 250 g bread flour
  2. Make ready 250 g all purpose flour
  3. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  4. Make ready 300 ml water warm
  5. Prepare 25 g yeast fresh (or 7g dry instant)
  6. Get 300 g tahini
  7. Make ready 300 g sugar granulated
  8. Make ready 2 tsps cinnamon ground
  9. Take zest of an orange
  10. Take 50 g sesame seeds (optional)

A delicious trafitional Cypriot pie recipe that is easy to make and can be eaten for breakfast or any time of day! Tahinopita is a Cypriot sweet filled with tahini, cinnamon and sugar and is very different from the cake version with the same name. 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 tahini pies are a much easier to make than honeyed Greek desserts.

Instructions to make Cypriot tahini pies with orange flavor:
  1. Add about a tsp of the weighed sugar and a little bit of the warm water to the yeast. Mix well.
  2. In a mixing bowl, sift the two types of flour. Add salt and blend.
  3. Add the yeast mixture. Start adding water gradually and knead for 15 minutes, until you have a soft dough.
  4. Put the dough in a lightly greased bowl and cover; place it in a warm spot and let it rise for 45 min.
  5. In the meantime, prepare the filling. Add sugar, cinnamon, orange zest and sesame seeds to the tahini. Mix well.
  6. Weigh the dough and cut it into 8 equal pieces.
  7. 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.
  8. Flatten it with your hand, then roll it out until it gets about 15cm/6inches in diameter.
  9. Roll the sheet into a log about 30cm/12inches long. Cut in half. Stretch each piece to get a little longer.
  10. 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.
  11. Repeat the process for the rest of the dough until you have 16 hand-pies in total.
  12. Bake in a preheated oven, at 200°C/400°F, middle position, for 15 to 17min, till they're golden brown.

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. In Cyprus these were street food and I remember back when we used to buy tahinopita at school, from street vendors who had a three or four wheeled cart which was Cypriot Traditional Tahinopita is a Lenten or vegan sweet bread, which is very flavourful as it is filled with tahini, sugar and cinnamon. A creamy tahini base, blended up with garlic and chipotles, and finished with a little orange juice for some It's slightly thick, slightly sweet, smokey, and has that rich, semi-fancy tahini flavor to make you feel all grown up about your life.

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