Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lyhnarakia (sweet cheese pies) from chania. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lihnarakia are the sweet cheese pastries that come from the island of Crete. They're sold in most bakeries all year long and made in homes during. A sweet that we make in Crete mainly during Easter.
Lyhnarakia (sweet cheese pies) from Chania is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Lyhnarakia (sweet cheese pies) from Chania is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lyhnarakia (sweet cheese pies) from chania using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lyhnarakia (sweet cheese pies) from Chania:
- Prepare For the dough
- Make ready 25 g fresh yeast
- Make ready 1/3 cup lukewarm milk
- Get 4 cups all purpose flour
- Get 1/2 cup olive oil
- Take 2/3 cup sugar
- Make ready 2 eggs beaten with a bit of salt
- Make ready 250 g strained yogurt
- Make ready For the filling
- Get 800 g unsalted mizithra
- Take 2 egg yolks
- Prepare 1 vanillin (powder)
- Prepare 2 tbsp honey
- Prepare zest of one lemon
- Get 1 tbsp cinnamon
- Get 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- Get 6 tbsp sugar
- Make ready 1 egg yolk beaten with a bit of water for brushing
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Instructions to make Lyhnarakia (sweet cheese pies) from Chania:
- Dissolve the yeast into the milk and add flour so that you get a thick batter which you leave to rise for half an hour.
- Beat the oil with the sugar in a bowl and add the yolks, salt, yogurt and the thick batter that has already risen. Mix well.
- Gradually add the rest of the flour and knead on a dusted surface (so that it gets kneaded better).
- Cover the dough and let it rest.
- Meanwhile prepare the filling.
- Crumble the cheese with a fork and add to the rest of the ingredients mixing well.
- Roll out the dough to a thick sheet and cut into circles using a small plate.
- Place a spoonful of the filling in the center and raise the sides of the dough pinching them so that you make a small tartlet.
- Brush with the egg and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Place the lyhnarakia on a baking tray lined with partchment paper.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for half an hour (until they are golden brown) using the convection element.
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