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

Salted cheese pie - recipe (including photos)

Ingredients for the dough:

• 400 grams of flour
• 200 milliliters of warm water
• 50 milliliters of sunflower oil
• 15 grams of fresh yeast
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of honey

Mix the yeast with the water and the honey.

Add it over the flour. Add the sunflower oil and the salt and mix for 5-10 minutes.
Let the dough rest in an warm place for one hour.

Ingredients for the filling:

• 500 grams of fresh cheese
• 150 grams of yoghurt
• 150 grams of fresh cream
• 5 eggs
• salt
• parsley

Mix 4 entire eggs and 1 egg white with the cheese, the yoghurt, the fresh cream, the salt and the chopped parsley.

Divide the dough in two equal parts.

Spread the first half of the dough on the table, press it well with a roller to make a thin sheet and then cover the tray.
Add the filling over the dough.

Repeat the operation with the second part of the dough and then cover the filling with it.

Above, spread the beaten egg yolk.

Cut the pie in equal pieces before putting it in the oven.

Let the pie in the oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 30-35 minutes or until brown.

 Enjoy!

The original recipe can be found here