Olive pie

Ingredients:

• 1 cup water
• ½ tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 sachet instant yeast
• ½ kg flour
• 150 gr olives without their stones
• 1 tablespoon peppermint
• 1 tablespoon basil (optional)
• 1 grated onion
• 100 gr. feta cheese or haloumi cheese.

Preparation:

Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water, add the salt, olive oil and flour and knead. Add the olives, peppermint, basil, onion and cheese to the dough and, smearing your hands in olive oil, open up the dough onto an oiled baking tray. Brush over with olive oil, allow it to rest until it doubles in volume and then bake in a medium-heat oven for approximately 50 minutes.

This recipe was taken from N. & M. Psilakis’ book “Olive Oil” (To eleolado), 2003 (http://www.karmanor.gr/)