Kutaby with herbs and cheese

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 10 mins

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, nettle, cilantro, mint, lettuce.

2. STEP 2

   

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

3. STEP 3

   

   Add vegetable oil.

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.

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.

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.

7. STEP 7

   

   Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

8. STEP 8

   

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

9. STEP 9

   

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

10. STEP 10

    

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

11. STEP 11

    

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

12. STEP 12

    

    Cover with the other half, pinch the edges tightly. Make the remaining kutabs in the same way.

13. STEP 13

    

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

14. STEP 14

    

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

15. STEP 15

    

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

Comments on the recipe

Tilda Montmartre

03.11.2023

4.8

Super! And here are the kutabs with meat. Very cool!

tatyanochka2022

03.11.2023

4.6

Cooking kutabs with herbs and cheese was my first experience. For the first time I kneaded dough in boiling water. I poured flour into it, to which I had previously added vegetable oil and salt, and quickly mixed everything with a spoon, from which the flour instantly turned into a soft, steep mass. Next, I kneaded the dough with my hands. Very unusual sensations! The dough is hot in your hands, not scalding, but quite pleasant. While the finished dough was resting, I started preparing the filling - grated cheese, chopped green onions, dill and parsley. I didn’t mix the cheese and herbs. I first laid the cheese on the rolled out dough flatbreads, and then the greens on it. The filling was placed on one half of the flatbreads. She covered it with the other half, pinched the edge of the kutab and sent it to a heated dry frying pan. I kept it there until the dough browned. I greased the finished kutabs with butter, which made them soft and tender. The greens inside the kutabs remained just as fresh and crispy, and the cheese melted. It turned out wonderful! Tasty and satisfying! My husband especially liked the kutabs! Thank you so much for the recipe!

Catherine

03.11.2023

4.6

Great dish for a snack! I made it with different fillings - with cheese and cottage cheese.