Rhodope klin, rice and cheese pie

Rhodope klin, rice and cheese pie

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A traditional Bulgarian mountain pie: cooked rice mixed with salted white cheese and kachkaval, encased in thin pastry and baked over an open fire, on bot…

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Discover this delicious Rhodope dish, a traditional Bulgarian recipe.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total55 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodStove
  • Estimated cost$2.41 $0.60 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.46
  • $0.60
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Bring the water to a boil with a pinch of salt and butter, then add the rice.
  2. Once cooked, pour it into a large salad bowl. ≈ 3 min
  3. Once it has cooled, add a little butter if it seems dry, then the eggs, the feta cheese, and the kashkaval, and mix, preferably by hand.
  4. Place half of the leaves in a greased and buttered dish, spread the entire filling by hand, then cover with the remaining leaves. ≈ 4 min
  5. Fold the edges over and sprinkle the top with melted butter and chopped hazelnuts. ≈ 2 min
  6. Instead of baking in the oven, cook over the heat: first on one side, then flip it over to cook the other side in a separate pan.
  7. Cut into diamond shapes and serve. ≈ 8 min

The bill

Rhodope klin, rice and cheese pie

  • 2 cups of rice$1.46
  • egg$0.60
  • oil, butter, salt$0.35

Total$2.41

that's $0.60 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1/2 package of thin dough sheets (filo dough) or homemade dough
  • 2 cups of rice
  • 4 cups of water
  • egg
  • oil, butter, salt
  • Siren (salted white cheese) and kachkaval, to taste

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