Description
Savory treat with a lovely presentation
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) warm water
- 3/4 cup warm milk
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup (57 gram) butter, softened
- 1/4 cup (50 gram) white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (2 grams)salt
- 3 1/4 tp 3 1/2 cups ( 416–448 gram) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons (8 grams) dry yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon (1 gram)cardamom optional
For topping
- 1/4 cup (60ml) of milk
- 1 tablespoon (14 gm)sugar
stuffig
- 1 cup (80 grams) akkawi cheese shredded (you can use any firm salty cheese)
- 5 springs parsely or mint
Instructions
- In a bowl whisk the egg with milk, water, sugar, butter and yeast.
- Set aside
- In another bowl sift the flour with the salt and the cardamom .
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and knead until you get a smooth dough.
- Place it in a bowl you have brushed with some oil and cover it with a wet cloth and leave it in a warm place to double
- (If you are tight on time you can heat your oven to 200 C then turn it off and place your dough in a glass bowl and place it in the warm oven with the wet cloth covering the bowl)
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface
- Roll into a rectangle
- Spread cheese stuffing leaving 1 inch (2.5cm) margin all around
- Roll the dough from the long side into a tube form
- Join both ends of the tube and pinch the dough together
- Using a scissor or a knief make cuts that go 2/3 of the way through the dough (as you can see in the picture)
- Turn the slices 90 degrees so that cut part faces upward
- Using a brush, brush the dough with milk
- allow to rest for 15 minutes during which you would heat your oven to 270C (500F) (rack in the middle)
- Bake for 5 minutes on 270C (500F) then lower the teperature to 220 C (425 F) and cook for 10-15 more minutes
- turn on the broiler for a couple of minutes until it is golden brown on top
- Prep Time: 2 hours
- Cook Time: 20 mins