Pumpkin or Naked Pie (Ghiouliopita)
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According to the etymology of the world, ghiouliopita means "naked pie", that is to say, a pie made without the pastry or crust. Orange pumpkin, the main ingredient, abounds in Thrace. A similar pie is made on the island of Mytilini, only with courgettes or zucchini.
1,5kg pumpkin or orange "Winter" squash
300g feta
0.5 cup butter or olive oil
4 eggs, yolks only
1 cup flour
salt, freshly ground pepper
Grate the pumpkin, sprinkle with salt and allow to drain in a colander for 2-3 hours. Saute the pumpkin in the butter (or oil). Cool and add the egg yolks and flour. Stir in the cheese. Pour into a large (25 cm) greased and floured baking pan. Bake at 200.C for about 30 minutes. (serves 6)
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Molded cheese appetizer with two sauces
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150g feta
150g cream cheese
300d Macedonian tyrocafteri (above)
green olives, pitted and chopped
1 envelope powdered gelatin dissolved in
4 tbsp hot milk or water
2 long sweet red peppers, roasted (or 2-3 pieces canned Florina pimentos)
Soak the gelatin in a small amount of hot water (or milk) until dissolved. Blend the feta and cream cheese in a food processor with the olives. Add the dissolved gelatin to the cheese mixture and blend well. Pour into 6 small molds and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Meanwhile, prepare a sauce by thinning the Macedonian tyrokafteri with milk. Make a second sauce with mashed sweet red pepper or pimento and blending it with olive oil in the blender or food processor. Unmold the cheese jellies and serve with either or both sauces. (serves 6)
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