Flower Cheese Bread

Bread and cheese a  perfect combination and once you go to the next step of stuffing cheese filling into dough and bake it - heaven.  I came across this recipe a many weeks ago and have been wanting to try it. This recipe comes from Eastern Europe, my ancentors may have made this too.  We have had  a very sunny and hot July so turning on the oven just seemed a bit too much, but this recipe called to me so I decided to bake it today.  This reminds me of a cheese pyroh or even a bit like Khachapurri.  The dough is a bit more 'pastry like' tender and buttery raised on yeast  with egg and butter ....sounding good?  Very simple to put together, with feta cheese and ricotta as the filling.  I will be serving it with borscht which I will be making tomorrow, but first a sample while it's still warm......yum.

 FLOWER CHEESE BREAD



 

The ingredients you will need for the dough.

The ingredients you will need for the filling.

 

  The butter has been melted and whisked with the egg.

The flour and salt combined and waiting for the rest of the ingredients.

The yeast has proofed and is ready to be added to the flour and the butter/egg mixture.

The dough shaped and filled with the cheese filling.

The Flower Cheese Bread has been  brushed with an egg wash.

 

 Onto one of the breads I added  Raspberry Jam.

 



Beautifully browned and ready to sample...

 

Such a pretty looking  bread......yes, like a  flower.

 

    FLOWER CHEESE BREAD RECIPE

Ingredients

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
Filling:
1 cup Feta Cheese, shredded
1 cup Ricotta Cheese
Other:
4 tbsp Jam
1 Egg, for brushing

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 and  add the egg and mix.

In the bowl of your mixer add the flour and salt and mix well.

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 filling ready by mixin g the feta cheese and ricotta together.

Divide your dough into 4 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.

Enjoy!

 

 

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