Elioti (Cypriot Olive Bread)

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and pork is often less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

red wine

🥗Healthier: grape juice

💰Cheaper: white wine

Grape juice adds flavor without alcohol, while white wine can be less costly.

bay leaves

💰Cheaper: dried herbs

Dried herbs can mimic the flavor profile at a lower cost.

Prepare the dough and set aside to rest for half an hour.

Mix all the filling ingredients together.

Roll out the phyllo manually or using a pasta maker.

Cut phyllo into 6 x 8 cm pieces. Add some filling on one side and make a roll. Press edges with a fork to seal in the filling.

Brush with olive oil on top. Sprinkle some sesame seeds.

Line a baking tin with parchment paper or slightly grease it.

Place them in the tin next to each other and bake in a preheated oven to 180o C / 350o F, for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown.

Put the yeast, sugar, a couple tablespoons flour and lukewarm water. Mix and cover with a napkin until you see bubbles forming.

Put the flour, olive oil and salt in your mixer bowl with the hook attached and mix. Add the starter, mix and then add the orange juice. Cover with a napkin and let the dough rise.

When the dough is ready, divide it into two pieces. Roll out the dough into a thin phyllo and spread half of the filling all over and roll it to form into a roulade. Continue with the second one.

Cover with cling film and a napkin and let them rise.

Brush them with olive oil and sprinkle some sesame seeds on top.

Bake in a preheated oven to 180o C, for about 30 minutes.

Prepare the dough as above. Add the olives with all the other ingredients and knead the dough until they are incorporated in the bread.

Place it in a greased baking pan. Cover with cling film and a napkin and set aside to rise. Brush it with olive oil.

Bake in a preheated oven to 180o C, for 50 - 60 minutes or until golden on top.

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