This Greek Feta Cheese Pancake is a guaranteed fun and easy project. In fact, we recommend this Mediterranean Diet breakfast recipe if you are looking for a project to cook with the kids. And, the results are tasty with a lovely presentation. This is an excellent option to bread to be served with a Mediterranean meal. And, it would be great as an appetizer or as part of a meze spread.
Enjoy!
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Feta Cheese Pancake (Tiganopita me Feta)
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil, separated
- 3/4 cup flour
- 4 ounces feta, plus extra for additional topping
- 2 tbsp. butter, melted
- freshly ground pepper
- 1 tsp fresh oregano, finely chopped
- 1 tsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
- parsley, finely chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- Whisk eggs together in a bowl. Add in water, honey and 1 tsp of olive oil and thoroughly mix together. Add flour, butter and pepper. Mix well.
- Cover and let sit for 25 minutes to thicken. In the meantime, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix together feta with herbs and 1 tsp olive oil. Once batter has thickened, add the feta cheese to batter.
- Pour batter onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Scatter extra feta over the top.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Remove and cool for 10 minutes.
- Cut into small squares, sprinkle with parsley and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 135mgPotassium: 27mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 145IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 1mg
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About the Author: Christine Dutton
Christine is the Wellness Manager with Mediterranean Living. She is passionate about wellness, fitness and food. Basically, she runs to eat! You can find her in the kitchen, experimenting with recipes or in the great outdoors on a long training run. She has a long-time love for Asian and Mediterranean cuisine and she particularly loves cooking with vegetables. She considers making
vegetable carpacios to be a hobby. You can count on her to do too early stalking of farm fields in Hadley for local asparagus and waiting with baited breath for the Mountain View CSA and Golonka Farm Stand to open for the summer season. She loves supporting the local food economy through her service with the River Valley Market board of directors in Northampton, MA.
