Best Böreks Turkish Cheese And Herb Appetizer Recipes
TURKISH BOREK RECIPE
Turkish borek is an amazing food that you must try while visiting. It's pastry filled with things like spinach, cheese, meat, or potatoes. You'll love it.
Provided by Corinne Vail
Categories Recipes
Time 1h20m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Make spinach filling. Combine the spinach, onion, spices, and herbs in sauce pan and cook for 5 minutes, just long enough to warm and combine ingredients. Let cool and drain excess liquid.
- Make egg wash for pastry. Beat eggs and add in sunflower oil and yougurt. Set aside.
- Decide on layering technique, and start layering your yufka or pastry dough, brushed with egg mxture, then spinach.
- Brush the remainder of egg wash on top and sides of borek, and sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired.
- Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes, until browned.
- Remove from oven and serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 117 calories, Carbohydrate 5 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 47 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 10 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 3 inch X 3 inch slice, Sodium 575 milligrams sodium, Sugar 1 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams unsaturated fat
BOREKS (TURKISH APPETIZERS)
Boreks are little stuffed pasties from Turkey. These are easy to make and great for appetizers. These can be served hot or room temperature.
Provided by mary winecoff
Categories Cheese
Time 45m
Yield 35-40 appetizers, 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, blend the feta and mozzarella cheese with the beaten eggs. Add the chopped herbs, season with pepper and nutmeg and stir well to mix.
- Cut the sheets of pastry into four rectangular strips approximately 3 inches wide. Cover all but one or two strips with a damp cloth to prevent them from drying out.
- Brush on strip of pastry at a time with a little melted butter. Place 1 teaspoon filling at the bottom edge. Fold one corner over the filling to make a triangle shape. Continue folding the pastry over itself until you get to the end of the strip. Keep making triangles until all the mixture is used up.
- Place the boreks on a greased baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
BöREKS (TURKISH CHEESE AND HERB APPETIZER)
These savory stuffed pastries (filled with crumbled feta cheese and savory herbs) are baked to golden perfection and usually served as an appetizer. This is a variation of the most common way to prepare them in Turkey, which are called Su Boregi (water borek) in Turkey. Böreks originated in Turkey in the 15th or 16th century...
Provided by Vickie Parks
Categories Cheese Appetizers
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°.
- 2. Crumble the feta cheese, then mix feta with the chives (or dill), parsley, and pepper.
- 3. Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Skim off any foam that accumulates.
- 4. Cut the phyllo pastry sheets into 3-inch strips. Take one strip and cover the rest with a clean, damp cloth.
- 5. Brush the first phyllo strip with melted butter, and place a teaspoon of feta/herb mixture on the bottom right corner of the phyllo sheet, about 1/4-inch from the edge.
- 6. Pick up the bottom right corner of the phyllo sheet and fold it up and over the feta/herb mixture so the corner reaches the top edge of the phyllo sheet and forms a triangle. Keep folding the pastry over itself, being careful that the filling remains intact, until you reach the end of the phyllo sheet and have a triangle shaped pastry.
- 7. Repeat steps #5 and #6, using remaining phyllo sheets and feta/herb mixture.
- 8. Lay pastries on a baking sheet, and brush with remaining melted butter. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
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