Pastries and baking
Stuffed Green Thyme Rolls with Cheese
Green thyme rolls with cheese, made with a wonderfully soft dough that stays delicious for more than a week. Here is everything you need to know to get the best result. You can also use this dough for different kinds of pastries and fillings.
.. Green thyme rolls with cheese, made with a wonderfully soft dough that stays delicious for more than a week. Here is everything you need to know to get the best result. You can also use this dough for different kinds of pastries and fillings.
Ingredients
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- 1 kilo flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- A pinch of salt
- 3 cups warm milk (or as needed), or powdered milk dissolved in the same amount of warm water
- 2 tablespoons yogurt
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons finely ground dried thyme (used for manakish)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Filling
- 1 bunch broad-leaf green thyme (zoubaa)
- 2 cups cheese, or as needed and desired (a mix of akawi cheese, mozzarella, kashkaval, and Bulgarian cheese, or as desired)
- 1 cup dried thyme for coating
- Olive oil for brushing the top
Method
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- Whisk the sugar with the yeast, yogurt, 2 cups of the liquid milk, and the egg.
- Add the oil and whisk, then add the flour, salt, and thyme gradually, kneading with the remaining milk until you get a smooth dough.
- Add the butter at the end and knead again.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap, then with a cloth, and let it rise.
- Prepare the filling: mix the thyme with the cheese.
- Divide the dough into two portions. Roll out the first portion into a large, thin square and spread half the filling evenly over the dough, then roll it up into a log.
- Sprinkle dried thyme along the length of the roll, then cut it into evenly sized pieces as desired.
- Arrange the pieces in a tray brushed with a little oil, leaving space between them.
- Prepare the second portion of dough the same way.
- Cover the tray and let the rolls or dough pieces rest for 2 to 3 hours if the weather is cold, until the pieces puff up and rise again.Timers: 180 min
- Brush the tops of the rolls with olive oil and place the trays in a hot oven (heated from above and below) at 200°C, on the rack below the middle.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or as needed.Timers: 25 min
- Remove the thyme rolls from the oven and brush the tops immediately again with olive oil, then cover them with a cloth so they stay soft even after cooling.
- Also from Ruwaida, try Easy Croissant
- For more delicious pastries from Ruwaida, here is Vegetable Samosa Recipe
Recipe tags
Pastries and bakingInternationalVegetarianNut free
Notes and serving ideas
- Easy Croissant
- Vegetable Samosa Recipe
