Flaounes (Cypriot Easter Cheese filled Bread)

Name: Flaounes (Cypriot Easter Cheese filled Bread)
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 beaten egg yolks; 4 tbsp milk; 350 grams (12.35 oz) sesame seeds; 1.250 grams (2.75 lbs) Pafitiko cheese; ½ cup fine semolina; 25 grams (0.90 oz) fresh yeast; 1 cup fresh mint, finely chopped (or 6 tbsp dried mint); 10 - 12 eggs; 8 pounded mastic resins; 1 tsp ground mahleb; 1 cup sultana raisins; 2 tbsp hemp seeds (optional); 1 tsp baking powder; 2 kilos (4.40 lbs) bread or all-purpose flour; 50 grams (1.76 oz) sourdough or fresh yeast; 1 ½ cups of spry (or other vegetable shortening) or olive oil; 8 - 10 mastic resins, pounded with 1 tsp of sugar; Lukewarm milk (about 5 cups); 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

Prep:2hCook:30min

Flaounes pr. flah-OU-ness (singular flaouna) is a traditional Cypriot Easter cheese bread made with an aromatic yeasted phyllo dough, filled with a special Cypriot cheese, called Pafitiko, made during the Easter period especially for flaounes, flavoured with Masticha (mastic resin), mahlepi (mahleb) and mint.

Updated at: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:07:47 GMT