This is very easy to make and if you never had cheese pie Eastern European style, then you are in for a treat. There are actually two variations, one made with puff pastry and this one, both absolutely delicious and with the same feta and ricotta cheese filling. Beat that!
Start with activating your yeast, combine it with water and sugar and let sit for 5-10 minutes until becomes frothy. In a different bowl, melt the butter in microwave oven then add the egg and mix.
In the bowl of your mixer add the flour and salt and mix for a bit. Pour the yeast and butter thing and give it a swirl with the hook attachment. The dough will be fairly soft and that’s how is supposed to be anyway, don’t try to add any more flour. Make it into a big ball, rub it with some oil and let it rest in a warm place to do its thing.
While the dough is resting, mix the feta cheese and ricotta together. When dough doubled in size, cut it into 4 pieces and roll each into a ball.
Mine were pretty big, so if you think you want them a bit smaller, cut the dough in 8 pieces to make 8 flowers, that works too. Roll out each piece so that it’s about 4 inches (10cm) in diameter. Add a quarter of the cheese filling in the middle of the rolled out dough.
Fold up the dough to completely cover up the cheese, so that it forms a ball again.
Flatten out the ball, so that it’s about 4 inches (10cm) in diameter and using a sharp knife cut 4 slits into it, leaving about an inch in the middle uncut. Now inside each quarter, cut 2 more slits. Cool, eh?
Repeat with the other pieces then place the flowers carefully on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Let the pastries rest for another 30 minutes and they will rise some more. Brush them with egg wash, and in the middle make an indentation and drop a tablespoon of blueberry jam though they are awesome without it too. 
Recipe: Flower Cheese Pie
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Ingredients
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Dough
- 2 cups Flour, all purpose
- ½ cup Butter, melted
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Yeast
- ⅔ cup Water, lukewarm
- 1 cup Feta Cheese, shredded
- 1 cup Ricotta Cheese
- 4 tbsp Bluberry Jam
- 1 Egg, for brushing
Filing
Other
Preparation Instructions
Start with activating your yeast, combine it with water and sugar and let sit for 5-10 minutes until becomes frothy.
In a different bowl, melt the butter in microwave oven then add the egg and mix.
In the bowl of your mixer add the flour and salt and mix for a bit.
Pour the yeast and butter mixtures over the flour and mix it vigorously with the hook attachment of your mixer.
Knead the dough into a ball, rub some oil on it and let it rest for a couple of hours or until it doubles in size.
Get the filing ready. Mix feta cheese and ricotta together.
Divide your doungh into 8 pieces. Roll out each piece so that it’s about 4 inches (10cm) in diameter. Add a quarter of the cheese filling in the middle of the rolled out dough. Fold it to completely cover up the cheese.
Flatten out the ball, so that it’s about 4 inches (10cm) in diameter again, and using a sharp knife cut 4 slits into it, leaving about an inch in the middle uncut. Now inside each quarter, cut 2 more slits.
Preheat oven to 375° F / 190° C.
Place the flowers carefully on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and let them rise for another 30 minutes. Brush them with egg wash and add some blueberry jam on the center of the pie, if you want.
Bake for about 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
January 17 2012
What a lovely recipe! And it must taste delicious!
I’ve taken note of the recipe to make it.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers!
Thank you