Cheesy Herb-Stuffed Flatbreads

Delicious, appetizing, made from simple ingredients, a quick snack! Kutaby with herbs and cheese are thin dough flatbreads with aromatic filling. In this recipe, the dough for them is brewed with boiling water. This dough is more elastic and soft, it can be rolled out thinly and will not tear during baking.
cook time: 1h 10 min
Lucas Halstead
Cheesy Herb-Stuffed Flatbreads

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

282
Calories
15g
Fat
23g
Carbs
10g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

For dough:

Wheat flour 160 g
Water 100 ml
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Salt 0.5 tsp

For filling:

Hard cheese 120 g
Green onions 20 g
Dill 20 g
Sorrel 10 g
Parsley 5 g

For lubrication:

Butter 20 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make kutabs with greens? Prepare your food. In addition to hard cheese, you can use suluguni or Adyghe cheese. If you use pickled cheese, you don’t need to add salt to the filling. You can take any seasonal greens: spinach, basil, nettles, cilantro, mint, lettuce.

Step 2

Step 2
First prepare the dough. How to make the dough? Mix flour with salt, then sift into a bowl.

Step 3

Step 3
Add vegetable oil.

Step 4

Step 4
Pour boiling water into the flour and knead the dough. First with a spoon, then, when the dough stops burning, with your hands. If the dough turns out too thin, add more flour; if it’s too stiff, add a little more boiling water. Remember that you may need less or more flour, you can read more about this in the article, the link to it is at the end of this recipe.

Step 5

Step 5
Knead the dough until smooth and homogeneous. Wrap the dough in cling film and leave to rest for half an hour. During this time, gluten will develop in the dough and it will become soft and elastic.

Step 6

Step 6
While the dough is resting, prepare the filling. How to make the filling? Rinse the greens thoroughly. If there are thick branches, remove them. Dry the greens well and chop finely.

Step 7

Step 7
Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Step 8

Step 8
Place the prepared herbs and cheese in a bowl and stir. Taste the filling and add salt if necessary.

Step 9

Step 9
Meanwhile, the dough is ready. Roll it into a sausage, then divide it into 6 equal parts.

Step 10

Step 10
Roll out each piece on a floured surface into a very thin round cake.

Step 11

Step 11
Place 2-3 tablespoons of filling on one half of the tortilla.

Step 12

Step 12
Cover with the other half, pinch the edges tightly. Similarly, mold the remaining kutabs.

Step 13

Step 13
Heat the frying pan. Fry the kutabs in a dry frying pan over medium heat on both sides until golden brown.

Step 14

Step 14
Grease the finished hot kutabs with butter on one side and the other.

Step 15

Step 15
Serve the kutabs hot with sour cream or any sauce to taste. Bon appetit!

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