Pumpkin and Feta Turnover
Baking and Desserts | Moldovan cuisine
⏳ Time
2 hours
🥕 Ingredients
11
🍽️ Servings
6
Description
Finding quality feta cheese in non-southern regions can be challenging, so you can substitute it with any firm brined cheese (for example, sulguni).
Ingredients
- Wheat Flour - 8.8 oz
- Water - 5 fl oz
- Butter - 3.5 oz
- Olive Oil - 2 fl oz
- Chicken Egg - 1 piece
- Pumpkin - 21.2 oz
- Ground Black Pepper - to taste
- Feta cheese - 5.3 oz
- Brandy - 1 fl oz
- Salt - to taste
- Sugar - 2 spoons
Step by Step guide
Step 1
In a bowl, combine the flour, crack in an egg, and pour in 1/2 cup of warm water. Add 2 tablespoons of melted butter and 2 tablespoons of olive oil, along with a pinch of salt and sugar. Knead the dough until it becomes elastic, soft, and pleasant to the touch. The dough should not be too stiff, otherwise the pastry will turn out tough.
Step 2
The most important step is to knead the dough thoroughly so that it can stretch well later (known as elastic dough). The most effective method is to throw the dough onto the work surface with force, alternating between your right and left hands. This procedure takes about 10 minutes.
Step 3
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest for 40 minutes.
Step 4
Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Cut the pumpkin (a sweet variety is preferable, although any other type will do) into medium-sized cubes. In a mixture of butter and olive oil, sauté the pumpkin in a pan for about 10 minutes.
Step 5
Pour 50 grams of brandy into the pan with the pumpkin, sprinkle with sugar, season with salt and pepper. Simmer for about 10 more minutes until soft and the alcohol has evaporated.
Step 6
Remove the pumpkin from the heat and mash it into a puree. Grate the feta cheese and add it to the pumpkin, then mix well.
Step 7
Return to the dough. Lay out a large kitchen towel or any suitable cloth on the table and sprinkle it with flour. Place the dough on the towel and roll it out as thin as possible with a rolling pin.
Step 8
The second most important step is to stretch the dough from the center to the edges until it becomes very thin (ideally, standard-sized newspaper or book text should be easily readable through it). Carefully spread the filling over the stretched dough.
Step 9
Lift the edge of the towel closest to you and make the first roll of the log. Then, grasping the towel by its sides, slowly pull it towards yourself, thereby rolling the log. Shape the resulting log into a spiral, like a snail, and brush it with melted butter.
Step 10
Wrap the rolled pastry in foil and place it in a preheated oven at 392°F. Bake for 25 minutes in foil and then for an additional 20 minutes uncovered.
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