FLAOUNES

 

 Flaounes

In this month of Easter celebration usually people make with easter eggs or any savoury dish.Flaounes are savoury cheese pies with greek easter recipe on the day of good fridayas a part of breaking meal after lent when they do not eat meat and cheese.Any kind of cheese can be substituted in this flaounes.I've used cottage cheese(paneer),cheddar cheese and mozarella.Its so yummy and delicious and decided to make another set of flaounes.

Ingredients:

maida-21/2 cups  

 yeast-3/4 tsp  

 salt-3/4 tsp  

sugar-11/2 tsp  

egg-1   

milk-1/4 cup   

butter-60 gms  

warm milk-1/4 cup(may be less)  

oil for greasing      

For the filling:

onion-1,diced  

tomato-1,cut 

 sausage-2 strips,cubed  

redchilly powder-1 tsp  

italian seasoning-1/2 tsp 

 salt to taste  

oil-1 tbsp

for topping:

 paneer grated-1/2 cup 

 cheddar cheese- 1/2 cup 

mozarella cheese-1/2 cup 

 milk-1/4 cup

Method:

            In a pan add oil and onion saute well then add tomatoes saute till it dissolves add sausages,redchilly powder,italian seasoning,salt to taste saute till water absorbs well and cool them.   

In a bowl add salt sugar and warm milk sprinkle yeast and rest then to prove.Then add in remaining ingredients and flour knead them to form a non-sticky dough.Rest them for 1-2 hrs till it rises up.

                                      Now make the dough into big sized balls and roll them flat and fill in 2 tbsp of sausage filling and sprinkle 11/2 tsp paneer then same amount of cheddar then top with mozzarella cheese fold in the sides to make a sqaure or rectangular shape.Preheat oven to 200°c place the flaounes and pour some milk into the filling and bake them for 20-25 mins.

flatten dough

fill in the filling

fold the sides

seal the edges

enjoy the easter treat.............