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Cheese stuffed Fried Bread

Cheese filled Fried Bread (Tyropsomo)

Written by Published on Updated on September 10, 2019 in Breads

Hey there everyone,

I’ve had a bit of a strange or should I say stressful week.  I’m not sure if it’s the heat or the way the planets are aligned…or just maybe I’m tired.  I had the opporunity yesterday to take the day off from work, and meet up with my mom and cousin. 🙂  We spent a lovely day together just chatting and catching up on each other news.  I am going to be honest.  I loved living, and growing up in NYC, but I seriously miss not living in Greece anymore.  Sometimes, I think about how my life was here, and the differences from where I am living now. Hugeeee!!  

The first time I tried this fried bread is when I came to Greece on a summer vacation back in the 70’s, I was 11 years old…hehehhe.  We visited some family friends, in the area of Chalkida, Greece where this recipe is orginally from.  I remember watching my mom’s friend frying this bread and I thought to myself  “frying bread”???  What was she doing?? but when we finally sat at the table for lunch, my mom gave me a piece to try and I loved it!!!

I knew that the moment I had some free time I would definitly go to the supermarket, and do some delicious ingredient shopping. 🙂 Once I was settled in I made these little breads, popped them into the freezer for one of those days that I wasn’t in the mood to cook. This might remind of you of a Greek Cheese pie, otherwise known as Tyropitta.  It is definitely  similar in regards to the Greek cheese but not the taste.  This is more of puff pastry dough bread recipe, whereas the Cheese pie (Tyropitta) has  tissue thin sheets of  phyllo dough.  And the bread is fried in Vegetable Oil not baked. 🙂

If you do decide to try out this recipe, I would love to hear your feedback.

Have a great week everyone!! 

 

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups All Purpose Flour

1 1/2 cups Warm Water

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/4 cup Olive Oil

1 package Dry Yeast

2 cups Feta Cheese

Vegetable Oil (for frying)

Honey (optional)

 

PREPARATION:

In a large bowl add flour, salt, and dry yeast.  Mix dry ingredients throughly, make a hole in the middle and continue to add  warm water.  (Set aside for about 20 minutes)  This should make about 3 dough balls.  Roll out one dough ball, fill with cheese mix, flip over excess dough to cover cheese mix.   

Fry both sides until golden brown.

A delicious topping for this bread is Honey!!  You will love it…

KALI MAS OREXI!!! 🙂

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

10 Comments

  1. Athena Minerva
    August 4, 2019 at 11:40 am  ·  Reply

    I’ve never seen cheese stuffed bread on a menu before. I know in the uk we have fried bread but I think both have fallen out of fashion with the rise of the idea that carbs are bad for you.

    • foodzesty
      August 4, 2019 at 10:14 am  ·  Reply

      Hiii if you haven’t been to Chalika you might not know about it. I went to the village bakery this morning and they even have cheese stuffed koulouria Thessaloniki’s with sesame. 🙂

  2. Margaret from soulfood101blog
    August 4, 2019 at 2:45 pm  ·  Reply

    Yummy two of my favourite things bread and cheese! And to fry them all up into this tasty treat, my oh my. What a great recipe. Thanks Sophie. 🙂 I pray you start feeling more energized very soon 🙂

  3. Invisibly Me
    August 4, 2019 at 5:00 pm  ·  Reply

    I’m glad you managed to make good use of the day off with seeing your mom & cousin, how often do you usually get to spend time with them? I’m sorry you miss Greece so much, I can imagine the differences between there & NY would be pretty significant!
    This sounds like some seriously doughy goodness; simple & comforting, definitely want to try this!
    Caz xx

  4. dtills
    August 8, 2019 at 10:08 pm  ·  Reply

    OOOH! bread and cheese!! the best combo ever❤️

  5. popsiclesociety
    August 11, 2019 at 3:35 am  ·  Reply

    Cheese stuff bread? Sounds heavenly delicious 😋

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