Cheesy Hand Pies

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  • Makes

    10

    Pies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Flavors of the Sun: The Sahadi’s Guide to Understanding, Buying, and Using Middle Eastern Ingredients

By Christine Sahadi Whelan

Published 2021

  • About

Cheese pies are so fragrant—you can smell them almost as soon as they hit the oven. Nigella seeds give the filling its appealing fragrance and flavor, but if you don’t have them, you can simply omit them, or substitute another seasoning, such as hot pepper flakes. We always fill ours with a mixture of cheeses so you get a combination of gooey, creamy, and fluffy textures in every bite, and we coat the pies with toasty sesame seeds for extra crunch. Like most of the hand pies we sell, these

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