'Flaounes' are small cheese pies that are made during Orthodox Easter. This recipe is a little mix of Christian Easters! Enjoy!
Ingredients
500g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
50g golden caster sugar
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
3 tbsp olive oil
250g halloumi, chopped into chunks
150g raisins
2 tbsp chopped mint
1 beaten egg
2 tbsp sesame seeds
50g plain flour
Method
Mix the bread flour, yeast, sugar, cinnamon, oil, 2 tsp sea salt and 350ml warm water in a bowl with a spoon first, and then with your hands.
Add the halloumi, raisins and mint and continue to knead (or use a mixer fitted with a dough hook) for around 10 mins until it feels less sticky.
Shape into a ball, return to the bowl and cover. Leave to rise for about 1 hr or until doubled in size (or leave in the fridge overnight).
Knock the air out of the dough.
On a floured surface, shape into eight buns.
Put the buns on a baking tray lined with baking parchment (no more than 2cm apart) and prove somewhere warm for 1 hr or until well risen.
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7.
Brush the bun tops with egg.
Sprinkle on the sesame seeds.
Mix the plain flour with water to make a paste, transfer to a piping bag and pipe crosses on top.
Bake for 25-30 mins or until golden and risen.
Serve warm.
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