Filiyas

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 500g. fine wheat flour
• 2dl. milk
• 1dl. water
• 300g. kaymak or butter
• salt

Heat the tepsya and in the meantime prepare the dough for filiyas: beat egg well, adding in turn flour, milk and water, add salt in the end. The dough should be smooth and slightly ticker then the pancake mixture. When the pan is heated, grease it with kaymak or butter, pour in thiner layer of dough, bake in the oven preheated to 200°C. When the layer is done, brush with kaymak or butter, again pour in a layer of dough and bake again. Repeat until all the dough is used. When done, cover filiyas with a clean cloth and leave to cool. "Filiyas" are always served with thick yoghurt or pickled paprikas from turshiya. In the traditional Albanian cuisine the filiyas are baked under the iron pan placed in the fire cinders.

Filiyas