Pie with Adyghe cheese and herbs from puff pastry

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a layer cake with Adyghe cheese and herbs? Measure out the necessary ingredients. Puff pastry can be taken both yeast and yeast-free. Cheese, feta or hard cheese is also suitable for filling. It is desirable that it is not too salty.

2. Step 2:

   

   Chop the cheese on a coarse grater, put it in a suitable sized bowl.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the greens, dry them well. Remove the thick twigs. Chop the greens finely. Alternatively, you can take green onions, cilantro or aromatic herbs.

4. Step 4:

   

   In a small bowl, beat the egg with a fork until smooth.

5. Step 5:

   

   Combine the chopped cheese with the herbs, add about 2/3 of the beaten egg. Leave a little egg to lubricate the pie on top.

6. Step 6:

   

   Mix everything well until all the filling components are evenly distributed.

7. Step 7:

   

   Roll out half of the puff pastry into a layer about 0.5 cm thick.

8. Step 8:

   

   Wrap the dough on a rolling pin and transfer to a sheet covered with parchment. If the quality of the parchment requires, lubricate it with vegetable oil. Form a small ball from the filling, put it in the center of the rolled dough. At a small distance from the center , lay out the rest of the filling in the form of a circle 4-5 cm wide . To do this more smoothly, you can pre-mark the contours with plates suitable in diameter.

10. Step 9:

    

    Similarly roll out the second half of the dough. Place the layer carefully on top of the filling, lightly press the dough along the contours of the filling.

11. Step 10:

    

    Cut the dough around the circumference of the pie.

12. Step 11:

    

    Press the edges of the dough so that the filling does not leak out during baking.

13. Step 12:

    

    Without touching the central part, cut the pie around the circumference into equal segments.

14. Step 13:

    

    Bend each segment slightly by turning it on its side. Do it in one direction. Thus, the cut parts should lie in the shape of a fan so that the filling can be seen.

15. Step 14:

    

    Using a cooking brush, brush the pie on top with the remaining beaten egg. If desired, the middle of the pie can be sprinkled with flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds or poppy seeds.

16. Step 15:

    

    Bake the pie in a preheated 180-190C oven until browned for about 25 minutes. The baking mode may differ from the specified one, as it depends on the specifics of the oven. The finished cake turned out to be about 25 cm in diameter .

17. Step 16:

    

    You can serve the pie with cheese and herbs both warm and cooled. The edges of the pie are easily divided into portions without cutting. Enjoy your meal!