Börek (Turkish filled pastries)
Discover the recipe for börek, a traditional Turkish pastry, filled with white cheese, ground meat, chicken, or spinach.
“Börek” is a general term in Turkish cuisine that refers to a family of pastries, encompassing approximately fifty different varieties. They all share the characteristic of being pastries made with layers of dough, containing a filling. This recipe guides you in preparing triangular börek using commercially available phyllo dough.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time20 min
- Cook time15 min
- Total35 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Cooking methodfrying
Ingredients
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Directions
- Carefully unfold the dough sheets, lay them flat, and cover them with a damp dishcloth to prevent them from drying out. ≈ 3 min
- Cut them into three strips lengthwise; work on one strip at a time, keeping the others covered. ≈ 8 min
- Spread the melted butter evenly over the bread, and place a generous spoonful of filling at one end. ≈ 4 min
- Fold the lower right corner inwards to create a triangle. ≈ 3 min
- Then, fold the triangle to the left, and continue doing this until you reach the end of the strip. ≈ 3 min
- Cut off the excess and weld the edge to the damp finger. ≈ 8 min
- Fry in oil at 170 °C until golden brown, or bake in the oven at 175 °C for 15 minutes.
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