Cheese and Onion Pie

Kalasouna

Preparation info
  • Makes

    8 to 10

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Foods of the Greek Islands

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 2000

  • About

ON THE island of Folegandros, the filling for this cheese pie is flavored with plenty of onions and enclosed in a thick bread crust. The name for the rustic pastry is also a scornful term used on the island to describe a woman with a bad figure. The pie was traditionally made on Saturdays, the day bread was baked, since the crust was made from a piece of the leavened dough, with some olive oil added. Maria Primikiri developed this simpler version.