Yogurt Pie with Vine Leaves

This very unusual pie is wrapped not in any kind of pastry but in vine leaves. The dish is made only in the region of Drama, in Macedonia, and is sometimes called asmapita (asma meaning “tall vine” in Turkish).

I had heard some vague descriptions of a kind of omelet made with yogurt that is wrapped in vine leaves and fried in a skillet. Somehow it didn’t seem right. Throughout Macedonia I asked about the dish, but nobody had ever heard of it. But in Drama, seven women