Cheese pastries
Serves 4 – Preparation time: 45 min
Ingredients
For the dough (16 pieces):
- 125 g butter or margarine (room temperature)
- 65 g vegetable oil
- 65 g Sütdiyari Yogurt 3,5%
- 1 egg (yolk and white separated)
- 6 g baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- approx. 460 g flour
For the mixture:
- 150 g Sütdiyari Piknik Ciftlik Peyniri 55%
- 10 stems of fresh parsley
For the crust:
- Black cumin seeds
Method
To make the dough, knead a mixture of butter or margarine, vegetable oil, yoghurt, egg white, baking soda and salt. Add some flour and keep kneading until the dough reaches a soft but not sticky consistency.
Combine the cheese and chopped parsley. Pinch little balls from the dough and roll them out in your palm. Put a pinch of the cheese mixture in the middle and fold it in. Brush with egg yolk and sprinkle on top with black cumin seeds.
Bake in an oven pre-heated to 180 degree for approx. 30 minutes, until golden on top.