In the traditional agricultural and urban Cuisine of Crete, the products that the rural populations, for centuries now, produce and consume on their own until communications changed, so that they can find them elsewhere inside or outside of Greece, played a leading role.
Some of these products had their place of honor on the big, important festive days of Christmas, Easter, August fifteenth… Then the housewives made the famous Kalitsounia in large quantities for family but also to friends, neighbors and visitors.
Today's Kalitsounia have their roots of Chania, whose inhabitants, due to the soil morphology of the place, had the main occupation of grazing sheep. As a result, dairy farming was a parallel profession, so that they could make use of the milk they had in the mountainous area of Psiloritis.
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Some of these products had their place of honor on the big, important festive days of Christmas, Easter, August fifteenth… Then the housewives made the famous Kalitsounia in large quantities for family but also to friends, neighbors and visitors.
Today's Kalitsounia have their roots of Chania, whose inhabitants, due to the soil morphology of the place, had the main occupation of grazing sheep. As a result, dairy farming was a parallel profession, so that they could make use of the milk they had in the mountainous area of Psiloritis.
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Ingredients (~28 Kalitsounia-Cheese Pies)
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In a medium bowl, sift the flour together with the salt and sugar. Open a puddle in the flour and add the olive oil, raki and lukewarm milk. |
Stir with a wooden spoon to combine the ingredients. When it starts to form somewhat into a ball, knead by hand. If necessary, add a spoonful of milk, it depends on the dryness of the flour. We need a tight dough that we will pass to the dough machine. Cover with a towel and set aside for a while until the filling is ready. |
In a bowl, crush the mizithra with a fork and combine the two cheeses, mixing well. |
In a bowl, crumble, cut the dough ball in two and start to pass one half of the dough machine gradually until you reach the penultimate ladder of the machine. The whole process in this article . With a 12 cm diameter cup, cut dough dough trays, which we gather at one end, sprinkled with a little flour and covered with a towel, so that they do not dry out.. |
Take each dough tray and put in the center a spoon, not too full, of the cheese mixture. Wet our finger with a little water and pass it around the perimeter of the tray. Close in crescents, pressing the special accessory or with a fork to close well. |
We collect the finished kalitsounia / cheese pies on a non-stick surface. We always cover the kalitsounia with a towel. |
Continue the process until all the dough and their filling is finished. |
In a pan and over medium to low heat, pour oil of your choice (not too much, just enough to cover the edges) and fry the kalitsounia on both sides for a few seconds and a few. You need to be careful when frying because the dough is thin and fried lightning fast. We take them out on absorbent kitchen paper. |
