Cypriot tahini pies (“The Fella Twins”)

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Cypriot tahini pies

Execution Time: 2 hours
Portion / s: 5

Ingredients:


For the dough:
• 250 gr. hard flour
• 250 gr. flour g.o.x.
• 140 gr. self raising flour of
• 1 sachet of yeast (9 gr.)
• 100 gr. sugar
• ½ κ.γ. gum
• ½ κ.γ. mahalepi
• 1 ½ tbsp. cinnamon
• 1 sachet of vanilla
• A pinch of salt
• Warm water as it rises

For the filling:
• 350 gr. tahini
• 200 gr. sugar
• 1 ½ tbsp. cinnamon
For the loss
• 1 tbsp. soft butter (optional)

Execution Method:
• In a bowl, pour the yeast, a little sugar (from 100 g), a little lukewarm water and mix well with a fork until the yeast dissolves. Set aside for 10 minutes until the yeast is activated.
In the mixer bucket, mix the flour, salt, sugar, cinnamon, mastic, vanilla and mahlep with a spoon. Make a hole in the center and pour the yeast mixture. Add a little water. Beat with the hook on medium to high speed for 7-8 minutes until it becomes a soft dough.
• Put the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover it with a film and let it rise for about 1 hour in a warm place until it doubles in volume. Meanwhile, prepare the filling by mixing the tahini with the sugar and cinnamon with a spoon.
• With the dough, open long narrow strips, spread with the filling and wrap them like a roll. Grasp the two ends and twist them very well without breaking them and wrap them upside down towards each other making a sigma. When they meet we turn one on top of the other and press it first with our palm and then with the rolling pin we press more so much so that we make a round pie.
• Place them in a pan with oil paste and let them rise for about 30 minutes. Bake in a preheated oven at 150 ° C, in the air, for about 35΄-40΄, until golden brown.
• In a saucepan put 1 tbsp. butter and stir until the butter melts. Brush our tahini pies while they are still hot.

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