TAHINOPITA,
I’ve been craving these for some time and since I can’t zip over to Cyprus the place the perfect are made, I took on the duty to analysis and discover the perfect recipe I might,
Tahinopita is a Cypriot scroll flavoured with sesame paste, Tahini and this case, additionally added Carob molasses which you should buy on-line from thegreekprovidore . Carob molasses is addictive, excellent on a bit of toast unfold with ricotta and drizzled with this liquid gold.
I apologise prematurely for the “lockdown” baking shinanigens you possibly spammed with 😇
Dough
* 2 cups plain flour
* 1 cup of whole-wheat flour
* 2 tbs olive oil
* 1 cup lukewarm water
* eight grams of yeast
* half of tsp salt
* half of tsp baking soda
For the tahini filling
* half of cup sugar
* 2 tbsp carob syrup thegreekprovidore
* 220 grams tahini paste
* half of tbsp cinnamon
For the syrup
* 100 grams of sugar
* 2 cups water
* 2 tbsp honey
* 1 cinnamon stick
Technique
Put together the syrup. Add the sugar, honey, water and cinnamon stick in a pan. Convey to the boil, prepare dinner for three extra minutes, take away from the warmth and let it cool.
Put together the dough. Add the flour and olive oil in a mixing bowl. Combine the 2 collectively till the flour has soaked up the olive oil. Add the yeast, baking soda and salt and blend once more. Add the water and knead till the dough is good and clean. Let it relaxation for about an hour
In a bowl, add the sugar, carob syrup, tahini, cinnamon and baking soda. Combine properly.
Divide the dough into small equal items. Utilizing a rolling pin, roll the primary piece out as thinly as potential. Add two tablespoons of filling and roll it again in, similar to a cinnamon roll. Seize maintain of each ends and roll them inwards in the other way. Then create a spiral. Utilizing the rolling pin once more, flat them out- not utterly. Repeat with the remaining and place in a baking tin, coated in parchment paper. Allow them to relaxation and puff up barely for 10-15 minutes.
Preheat the oven at 180ºC. Bake the tahini pies for round 25 minutes or till they’re golden in color. Be sure that to examine beneath too.
Take away from oven and spoon among the syrup on prime.
Glad weekend baking 💕
helenskouzina