{"id":1239,"date":"2017-07-15T14:05:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T14:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodurismo.com\/cms\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2017-07-16T16:35:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T16:35:26","slug":"fennel-pies-marathopitakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodurismo.com\/cms\/fennel-pies-marathopitakia\/","title":{"rendered":"FENNEL PIES (MARATHOPITAKIA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring\u2019s breezy days make the flowers, vegetables and herbs go crazy! A walk around your local grocery store or street market will give you more than enough proof. \u00a0<\/span>A few days back, as I was shopping at the street market, I saw that the first amaranth greens, cherries, apricots, melons and watermelons are already out! Some of them may be quite premature, but that\u2019s the way it goes these days: seasonality is often set aside in favour of consumerism\u2026 I gave in to the temptation of amaranth greens \u2013 even though in my head they\u2019re intrinsically connected to summer \u2013 and went ahead to look for fennel. I\u2019d been thinking of making small fennel pies for a while now. If I couldn\u2019t make them at the height of quality fennel production, then when would I make them? As you can probably tell, my search for fennel didn\u2019t last too long, since many counters offered varieties of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From a brief search on the internet, I saw that there are two\u2026 schools of pie: those made only from fennel and onions, and those that, aside from a lot of fennel, also use several other herbs and sometimes a little cheese. At first I thought it would be better to let the fennel be the star, but I ended up adding a little spinach to make the tastes blend better; in any case, the intense flavour and the characteristic aroma of it is\u00a0not so easily covered. I added a little kefalotyri that I think fit quite a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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These pies are easy to make, they don\u2019t need much preparation for the stuffing, such as saut\u00e9ing, and they are made just fine with ready-made fyllo, either crusty or choriatiko. If you love fennel then make them, they\u2019re practically addictive!<\/span><\/p>