Today we propose to experiment a little and make a wonderful appetizer from cottage cheese with herbs, which is stuffed with pita bread.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
“Lavash slices are comparable to the ear of a hare, so transparent that you can see a sunbeam,” - this is how Armenian poets sing about their popular flatbread. Nutritionists, in turn, explain that pita bread contains almost all the elements a person needs - carbohydrates (complex and simple), fiber, high-value protein (with essential amino acids) and even a little fat. In addition, lavash retains its taste properties for a long time - it can be stored in dried form for up to 6 months. And to keep it fresh from blooming, keep it in the refrigerator.
You can stuff and stuff pita bread with a wide variety of products: meat, vegetables and, of course, cheese or cottage cheese. In Armenia, the homeland of thin lavash, from time immemorial, pickled and wineskin cheeses have been made that look like cottage cheese. Various herbs, spices and garlic were added to them. However, in our country it is difficult to get such cheeses, so we replace it with cottage cheese, which we season with herbs.
This appetizer turns out to be quite tasty and satisfying. However, I advise you to cook it for one meal and serve it immediately after cooking. Do not store it in the refrigerator for a long time, since the aroma of herbs will disappear immediately, and the cottage cheese will become liquid and may turn sour.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 173 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Lavash - 1 pc. oval
- Cottage cheese - 200 g
- Green onions - a couple of feathers
- Dill - a couple of twigs
- Garlic - 1 clove (optional)
- Salt - a pinch
Cooking cottage cheese with herbs in pita bread
1. Greens (dill and green onions), wash, dry and finely chop. Peel the garlic, rinse under running water and chop finely. Also, garlic can be passed through a press, or not at all. This is already a matter of taste.
2. Place the curd in a plate and add the chopped spices (garlic, dill and green onions) to it. Mix the cottage cheese with herbs well, kneading all its lumps so that it acquires a uniform consistency.
3. Divide the oval pita bread into two parts, and put the curd filling on each of them. You can use round pita bread, but then you will need 2 pieces of it.
4. Wrap the pita bread with an envelope. You can also arrange the snack in the form of a roll. Then the cottage cheese will need to be applied to the entire area of the lavash, which is then rolled up.
5. Wrap the pita bread with foil for baking and send it to warm up in an oven heated to 200 degrees for 15 minutes. Although you can serve the appetizer cold. After this time, remove the foil from the pita bread, cut it into portions, serve a plate and serve it to the table. As you can see, such an appetizer is prepared quickly and easily, and its pleasant aroma and pungent taste will please all your guests and family.
See also a video recipe on how to cook pita bread with cottage cheese on the grill.
