Cheese pie (merdenele in Romanian) - recipe (including photos)

Ingredients:

• 500 grams of flour
• 100 grams of butter
• 300 milliliters of water
• 300 grams of salted cheese
• 1 egg
• a few spoons with sunflower oil 
• half of a teaspoon with vinegar
• a bit of salt

Mix the flour with the water, the vinegar and the salt until you have a non sticky dough.

Divide the dough in 8-9 pieces.

Divide the butter in same number of pieces as the pieces of dough.

Now, spread each piece of dough on the table and spread a portion of the butter on it.

Start folding the piece of dough covered with butter like in the photos bellow:

Continue the process until you finish all pieces of dough and butter.
Put them in the fridge for one hour.

For the filling, mix the cheese with the egg and some salt if needed.

Preheat the oven at 220 Celsius degrees.

Take out the pieces of dough from the fridge and spread each one on the table.

In the center add the filling then start folding as shown in the photos bellow.

Turn the pie upside down, so that the folding should be down on the baking paper. Brush the pies with the sunflower oil.

Cook the pies at 220 Celsius degrees for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown.

Enjoy!

The original recipe can be found here

Cheese pie - recipe (including photos)

Ingredients for the dough:

• 440 grams of wheat flour
• 125 grams of yoghurt
• 10 grams of fresh yeast
• 14 spoons with sunflower oil
• 2 spoons with milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 spoon with sugar
• half of a teaspoon with salt

Ingredients for the filling:

• 800 grams of fresh cheese
• 50 grams of sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 spoons with semolina
• the zest from half of a lemon
• salt

The preparation of the dough is split into two parts:

The solid part:

Mix 350 grams of flour with the eggs, 7 spoons with sunflower oil, the salt and the fresh yeast (which was previously mixed with the warm milk and the sugar).

Add the yogurt and make a non sticky dough.

The liquid part:

In another bowl mix the remaining flour with the remaining sunflower oil.

Now, spread the solid dough on the table and above spread the liquid part (from wheat and sunflower oil). Roll it and put it in a plastic foil. Let it rest at room temperature for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare the filling:

Mix the cheese with the 2 entire eggs and 1 egg white, the sugar , the semolina, the zest from the lemon and the salt.

Keep the remaining egg yolk for later!

Divide the dough in two equal parts.

Spread each of the two parts separately on the table. Place one part on the bottom of an oven tray, then add the filling, then  above place the second layer of dough.

Cut the pie in small cubes and above brush the egg yolk.

Put it in the preheated oven at 200 Celsius degrees for 10 minutes, then lower the temperature at 180 Celsius degrees and keep it for another 25-30 minutes or until ready.

Enjoy!

The original recipe can be found here

Mozzarella cheese pie - recipe (including photos)

Ingredients for the dough:

• 350 grams of flour
• 100 milliliters of sparkling water
• 100 milliliters of sunflower oil
• 150 milliliters of warm milk
• 15 grams of fresh yeast
• 1 teaspoon with sugar
• 1 teaspoon with salt

Ingredients for the filling:

• 150 grams of mozzarella cheese
• 100 grams of fresh cream
• 25 grams of yogurt
• 1 egg 
• 1 egg white
• salt

Prepare the dough:

Mix the warm milk with the fresh yeast, the sugar and 1 spoon with flour. Let it rest for a few minutes.


Add the sparkling water and the sunflower oil.

Add the flour and the salt and mix.

Make a soft dough and let it rest for 30 minutes in a warm place.

Divide the dough in 8-9 pieces.

Prepare the filling:

Mix the mozzarella with the yogurt, the fresh cream, the entire egg and the egg white and the salt.

Prepare the pies:

Spread the pieces of dough on the table, one by one.

Spread some filling on one half of the dough and cover it with the other half.

Put the pies in the oven at 180 Celsius degrees for 25-35 minutes or until ready.

Enjoy!

The original recipe can be found here

Mascarpone cheese pie - recipe (including photos)

Ingredients:

• 400-450 grams of flour
• 250 milliliters of warm milk
• 200 grams of fresh cheese 
• 150 grams of mascarpone
• 50 milliliters of sparkling water
• 50 grams of butter
• 25 grams of fresh yeast
• 10 spoons of sugar 
• 5 eggs
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• a pinch of salt

Mix the yeast with 4 spoons of sugar, the milk and 4 spoons of flour.
Let it rest for 30 minutes.

Add the rest of the flour, the salt and the water and mix.

Add the butter and mix until you obtain a non sticky dough.
Let it rest for 40 minutes.

Meanwhile mix the fresh cheese with the mascarpone and the remaining sugar, the vanilla sugar and 4 eggs.

Divide the dough in five equal parts .
Spread the dough on the table and add the filling. Roll it and put it in the tray.

Let it rest for 30 minutes. Above brush the remaining egg (previously beaten).
Put it in the oven at 170 degrees Celsius for 35-45 minutes or until ready.

Enjoy!

The original recipe can be found here