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Greek Mountain Cheese Bread with Mastiha

A focaccia-like flatbread from northern Greece, the dough perfumed with pounded mastiha and kneaded with feta and graviera so each bite is salty and resinous-sweet.

  • YieldMakes three flatbreads, each about 20 to 25 cm across
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total2 h 38 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • ½ tspmastiha (mastic) crystals
  • 1 tspsalt, scant
  • 1 tbspactive dry yeast
  • 420 mlwarm water, 360 to 480 ml
  • 440 gall-purpose flour, 3½ cups to start; up to 565 g in all, as the dough needs
  • 1 tbspextra-virgin Greek olive oil, plus more for the bowl and baking sheets
  • 300 gGreek feta, crumbled; about 2 cups
  • 100 ggraviera or Kefalograviera cheese, coarsely grated; about 1 cup
  • ½ tspblack pepper, freshly ground
  • 1 tspdried mint or oregano
  • to tasteall-purpose flour, for dusting the work surface

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Pistachio
  • Goat, sheep, buffalo or camel milk
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Mint
  • Black and white pepper
  • Yeast
  • Gums and thickeners
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)
  • Mastic (mastiha)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Chewy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stand mixer
  • Mortar and pestle

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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