FETA CHEESE BUNS (PEYNIRLI PASTANE POGACASI)

Feta filled buns are my favorites.  All my years of cooking, I tried many recipes. In fact on this blog, there are multiple recipes for Pogaca.  If you need to choose one to try, this is the one!

  This is my favorite!

250 gr butter (room temperature)

2 eggs (save the yolk of one for the top)

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup warm milk

1 teaspoon sugar

2 teaspoons dry yeast

1 teaspoon mahlep

Flour

Filling

200 gr. graded Feta cheese

4 tablespoons chopped Parsley

Top: sesame seeds or blackened sesame seeds (optional)

• In a tall glass, mix warm milk, sugar and yeast and set aside for 15 minutes.  Yeast should rise.
• Mix together butter, eggs, salt, yeast, and mahlep. 
• Add in enough flour to get a soft dough.  Let it rest for 15 minutes
• Prepare the filling by grading the feta, chop parsley and mix together
• Prepare the pan by lining with cooking paper
• Take a piece of dough (about the size of a small walnut) flatten in your palm.  Put a spoonful of filling and shape like a ball.  You can chose to make oval shape too.
• Continue until all the dough is done
• Place on a lined pan
• Preheat oven at 350
• Spread egg yolk and sprinkle sesame seeds on the cheese puffs
• Cook until golden brown (25 to 30 minutes)