How to Make Homemade Borek

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, borek. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

In a large, deep skillet, heat the olive oil over moderate heat. Borek, one of Turkey's iconic snack or breakfast foods, is food for your soul. Try our traditional Turkish borek recipe with lots of fillings to choose from! There are many shapes and sizes of borek, excellent pastries which are found anywhere that was occupied by the Ottoman Empire but particularly, Turkey.

Borek is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Borek is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook borek using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Borek:

1. Get 400 g spinach, cooked, drained and chopped⁣
2. Prepare 150 g crumbled feta
3. Make ready 1/2 cup grated ricotta cheese
4. Get 1/4 cup grated parmesan
5. Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg
6. Prepare 1 egg
7. Prepare Freshly ground pepper
8. Get Butter for brushing
9. Take 5 pieces filo

The version in the picture is like the caserole version layered like a lasagna two sheets filo brush with butter and it makes the layers a bit better if you put the melted butter and also a bit of egg beaten with milk. there are many ways to do borek such as triangles layered rolled up into a spiral like a cinamon roll almost rolled like cigar. Börek (Turkish pronunciation: ; also burek and other variants) is a family of baked filled pastries made of a thin flaky dough such as phyllo or yufka, typically filled with meat. It is found in the cuisines of Western Asia, the Balkans, the South Caucasus, the Levant, Central Asia, and other parts of Eastern Europe. A börek may be prepared in a large pan and cut into portions after baking, or.

Steps to make Borek:

1. Set oven to 200C. Grease the base of a 23cm cake tin (line it if it’s springform) or an ovenproof frying pan generously with butter.
2. N a medium-size bowl place the spinach, feta, ricotta cheese, Parmesan, nutmeg, egg and freshly ground pepper. Combine well.
3. Lay a sheet of filo on a clean bench and cut in half lengthways. Place one sheet on top of the other. Brush one piece of filo with butter. Spread some filling evenly on the long side, then roll. Fold it into a snail shape and place in the middle of the tin. Continue with the next one, adding it to the tin until it is completely full, looking like one big spiral. Brush with a little more butter. This helps create the crispness. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until crispy and golden. Enjoy

It is found in the cuisines of Western Asia, the Balkans, the South Caucasus, the Levant, Central Asia, and other parts of Eastern Europe. A börek may be prepared in a large pan and cut into portions after baking, or. Turkish Borek with Cheese and Herbs is the best savory pie you can ever have in your life time. Flaky, tender and filling, these make perfect savory snacks. You might have noticed that I've been posting our favorite dishes from Turkish cuisine.

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