Börek

Name: Börek
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 6 sheets yufka pastry or filo; 300g white cheese or feta, crumbled; 200g spinach, wilted and squeezed dry; 3 eggs; 100ml milk; 100g butter, melted; sesame seeds to top

Turkey

Sold from enormous trays at Turkish bakeries. The smell of freshly baked börek is the scent of Turkish mornings.

Flaky pastry filled with white cheese and spinach — layers of yufka dough brushed with butter and eggs, baked until golden and crispy. Found in every Turkish bakery from dawn.

Prep

30 mins

Cook

40 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

565 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

6 sheetsyufka pastry or filo

300gwhite cheese or feta, crumbled

200gspinach, wilted and squeezed dry

3eggs

100mlmilk

100gbutter, melted

sesame seedsto top

Method

Mix cheese and spinach. Whisk eggs with milk.

Layer yufka sheets in a buttered tray, brushing each with butter and egg mix.

Add filling halfway through. Continue layering.

Score top. Pour remaining egg mix over. Top with sesame. Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes.

Chef's Tip

Score before baking, not after — cutting into hot börek shatters the layers.

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