Αναρή φρέσκα Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου
Savoury pie filled with a mixture of anarí and halloumi, two traditional types of Cypriot cheese.
Name - Recipe
Μυζηθρόπιτα αλμυρή.
For the dough:
3 cups of flour
3/4 cup peanut oil
1 cup yogurt
2 teaspoons baking powder
For the filling:
1 kg of unsalted anari cheese
1 grated halloumi
4 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons of baking powder
Spearmint
In a bowl, mix the oil with the yoghurt and then add the flour and baking powder and knead to form a dough. Roll out half of the dough and place it in a pyrex glass dish. In a separate bowl mash the anari cheese and mix well with the halloumi cheese, the beaten eggs, the baking powder and a few finely chopped fresh spearmint leaves. Add the filling to the dish and roll out the rest of the dough and place it on top of the filling. Prick with a fork and bake in a moderate oven. (Vasso Orthodoxou, Kornos)
Baking in the oven.
Additional information and bibliography
Anari cheese is similar to myzitra/ricotta cheese.
Oral testimony: Vasso Orthodoxou, Kornos. Recipe editing: Marilena Ioannidou (see. Little Volunteers and the Women's Association of Kornos (2009). Traditional foods of Kornos (edited by Marilena Ioannidou), Permission to publish: Archontiko Papadopoulou, Kornos).
Stalo Lazarou
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