greek peinirli - specialty bread

Name: Greek Peinirli - Specialty Bread
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: - 500 g all-purpose white flour; - 500 g bread flour; - 50 g fresh yeast; - 100 g melted butter; - 200 ml milk; - 1 egg; - 14.79 ml honey; - 14.79 ml salt; ## FILLING; - 1 kg kasseri cheese, roughly grated; - 150 g butter; - 4.92 ml oregano leaves, whole; - 8 ham slices (optional); - 8 slice bacon, cooked (optional)

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Baby Kato

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Updated on Jun 24, 2016

This recipe has been posted here for play in CQ3 - Greece. This recipe is from website: Realgreekrecipes.blogspot.ca. Recipe for Peinirli (pronounced peeneerlee). It is a boat-shaped bread with a buttery-cheese filling, though meat can also be added. Greek Kaseri cheese is best, but if you can't get this, then use a yellow cheese that melts easily.

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prep time 3 Hr

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 8 pieces Peinirli

Ingredients

- 500 g all-purpose white flour
- 500 g bread flour
- 50 g fresh yeast
- 100 g melted butter
- 200 ml milk
- 1 egg
- 14.79 ml honey
- 14.79 ml salt
FILLING
- 1 kg kasseri cheese, roughly grated
- 150 g butter
- 4.92 ml oregano leaves, whole
- 8 ham slices (optional)
- 8 slice bacon, cooked (optional)

How To Make greek peinirli - specialty bread

Step 1

Warm the milk to make it slightly tepid and put in a mixing bowl, now add the honey and dissolve it, then add the yeast and dissolve it.

Step 2

Mix the 2 types of flour together and then add 200g of this mixture to the milk and mix well.
Step 3

Cover the bowl with cling film and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes, to activate the yeast and rise.
Step 4

Put the remaining flour in a large bowl and add the salt and melted butter.
Step 5

Beat the egg in a little tepid water and add to the mixture.
Step 6

Add the flour and yeast mixture to this mixture and knead well, adding some tepid water to make a non-sticky pliable dough.
Step 7

Cover the bowl with cling film and leave in a warm place for approximately 1 hour until it has doubled in size.
Step 8

Divide the dough into 8 equal balls and roll each ball out flat and give them an oval shape.
Step 9

Spread the grated cheese lengthwise in the centre of each one. You can sprinkle a few leaves of oregano on top if you wish.
Step 10

If you are using ham and bacon, put the slice of ham at the bottom, the cheese on top of it and the slice of bacon on top of that.
Step 11

Looking at the dough with the oval-shape horizontal in front of you, take the top left and bottom right corners and fold them in a little bit toward the center.
Step 12

Then take the top right and bottom left corners and do the same.
Step 13

Pinch the two ends of the oval together so that you get the boat-like shape.
Step 14

Cut the 150g butter into 8 equal pieces and place in the center of each.
Step 15

Sprinkle a shallow oven dish with some flour, place the 8 peinirli on it and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes.
Step 16

Then put them in a pre-heated oven at 250 degrees Celsius for 20-30 minutes, until they are golden brown, and serve warm.
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