Low carb, keto friendly tiropites (Greek feta cheese pocket pies), wheat flour free, gluten free, even diabetic friendly!
Low carb / keto
I do not know anyone in Greece who doesn't like tiropites.
It's one of the most popular breakfast options the recent years in Greece.
Of course I have not yet managed to make keto puff pastry or crispy phyllo as they need gluten for their preparation but I am sure that the following version will satisfy you completely.
I love anything that contains cheese and in every opportunity I try using every dough that will emerge,
if can be stuffed.
Keto Tiropites (Cheese Pockets)
Servings: 8
• Dough ingredients:
70 g / Almond flour
15 g / Flaxseed flour (reduced fat)
15 g / Bamboo fiber flour
25 g / Psyllium husk (powdered)
20 g / Protein powder
(Whey isolate unflavored)
1 tsp / Baking powder (gluten-free)
1 tsp / Salt 200 g / Cream cheese 3 / Eggs (medium sized) 1 / Egg white 100 ml / Hot water
• Filling ingredients:
350 g / Feta cheese (sheep cheese)
• For decoration (optional)
20 g / Sesame seeds
• Instructions: 1 Preheat the oven at 170°C (fan assisted) and prepare a baking tray with parchment paper. 2 Weigh and mix the dry ingredients. 3 In a second bowl, beat the eggs and the egg white with a hand whisk until fluffy. 4 Add the cream cheese and stir to combine.
5 Continue adding the dry ingredients and mix with a spoon or a silicon spatula.
6 At the end add the hot water and incorporate.
7 Let the relatively sticky dough, rest for 10 minutes.
8 On a silicone surface shape 8 round pitas (about 80 grams each), wetting your hands with some water each time.
9 Distribute the filling in each pita and close in a crescent shape to form the tiropites (cheese pocket pies). No need to press the edges with a fork since the dough sticks with a simple pressure. 10 Place tiropites on the prepared baking pan, leaving some distance in-between.
11 Optionally sprinkle with sesame seeds.
12 Bake for about 35 - 40 minutes.
13 After baking, let the cheese pockets slightly cool.
• Serve and enjoy!
Macros for 1 serving:
Protein: 16 g
Carbohydrates (net): 1,4 g
Fat: 24 g
Energy: 303 Kcal
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