Oven Cheese Pie, Which We Call Toledan
From The Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook. Translated by Charles Perry.
Make dough as for musammana and make a small leafy round loaf of it. Then roll it out and put sufficient pounded cheese in the middle. Fold over the ends of the loaf and join them over the cheese on all sides; leave a small hole the size of a dinar on top, so the cheese can be seen, and sprinkle it with some anise. Then place it in the oven on a slab, and leave it until it is done, take it out and use it, as you wish
5 oz
Queso for Melting
1 oz
Brie
1/2 can
Crescent Rolls
Pinch
Anise Seeds
enough
Melted Butter

Take cheeses and combine in a food processor on low power (you want it to be crumbly not smooth). Remove cheese from processor and work a bit with hands until you have a smooth ball. Place cheese ball onto a piece of plastic wrap and wrap very loosely. Pat cheese out into a disk approximately 3/8 - 1/2 inch thick and 3 - 4 inches in diameter. Secure plastic wrap and place in the 'fridge to chill. Take the Crescent rolls out of the can and seperate into 2 equal sections. Squish it up into a ball and then re-roll to remove perferations. Roll dough out into a disk approximately 2 inches bigger all around than your cheese disk. Place cheese disk onto dough and fold the pastry up over in a circular manner, pleating as you go. Pinch the dough together very tightly. With a sharp knife, cut a hole between the size of a dime and a nickle out of the middle of the dough, pinch the exposed edges together very well. Sprinkle a few anise seeds onto the cheese through the hole. Paint the entire thing with melted butter. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and cook for 20 minutes.