Greek Cornbread With Cheese - Bobota Me Tyri

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/4 cups greek yogurt
• 1 cup grated kasseri cheese or 1 cup substitute gruyere cheese
• 1 cup grated kefalotyri or 1 cup substitute parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups cornmeal (fine)
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• 6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut in 1/4 inch pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f
• 2 traditionally, this is baked in a 12" round pan. you may use a 9"x13" pan.
• 3 grease the sides and bottom of the pan and set aside.
• 4 combine the wet ingredients (yogurt, kasseri cheese, kefalotyri cheese, oil, eggs, and lemon juice).
• 5 in another bowl, sift together the cornmeal with the flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
• 6 add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until it is a soft, batter-like dough.
• 7 spread the batter in the pan and smooth with the spatula.
• 8 sprinkle with the feta cheese and scatter the pieces of butter evenly over the top of the batter.
• 9 bake for 40 minutes, or until it is a deep golden brown. if it gets too brown before the 40 minutes are up, cover with aluminum foil and continue baking.
• 10 allow to cool 15 minutes before serving.