William's Kassiopita
William Dachris, the Grecian Purveyor, shares his family recipe for Kassiopita (flour pie). It is a simple preparation that you can make for an easy lunch or light dinner, served with a rustic Greek salad. The ingredients are few and mostly staples – flour, milk, eggs, and feta. To elevate the flavour of this humble pie, William uses the high quality gourmet ingredients Vassilakis Estate – My Olive Oil and Salt Odyssey – Natural Pure Fleur De Sel Sea Salt. You can purchase both of these from the Grecian Purveyor’s online store and have them delivered straight to your door – which is a bonus at these times of social isolation and safe social spacing. I have made this pie a few times now for my family and everyone crowds around the pan the moment it comes out of the oven, vying for a piece or two or three… it’s that good! William not only shares the preparation for this fabulous recipe on the video, he also shares his story of how he became the Grecian Purveyor, a dream that he held onto for almost 20 years. Watch now and get to know this winning recipe and William even more!
Ingredients
260 ml water
260 ml milk
375 g cups self-raising flour sifted
1 teaspoon sea salt William uses Fleur de Sel Sea Salt
2 extra-large eggs
100 ml extra virgin olive oil William uses Vassilakis Estate EVOO
50 g butter
200 g Greek feta cheese
Preparation
Preparing the kassiopita
- Preheat oven to 200°C
- Place the EVOO and butter into an extra-large baking dish, approximately 30cm x 45cm
- Cook for about 5-10 minute, until the butter goes slightly golden-brown
- Spread the oil-butter mixture evenly across the pan
- Whisk the eggs for about 30 seconds in a large bowl before adding the water, milk and salt
- Add the flour in batches and mix through, until there are no lumps (do not over mix)
- Pour the batter into the baking dish, covering the base of the baking dish completely
- Crumble the feta cheese evenly on top
- Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes until golden brown on top, crispy on the edges and the base is golden brown too
Serving the kassiopita
- Serve with a delicious, oily, slow-cooked Greek dish like, Will’s Kouneli Stifado, and a juicy Greek salad. Be sure to dip the pie into the oily gravy and the salad juices! Kali Orexi!
