Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, turkish style spinach and cheese borek. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spinach and Feta Cheese Borek (or boerek) is a Middle Eastern dish of Turkish origin. Spinach and Cheese Borek Recipe First you will need to wash and clean all the spinach especially if you buy it from the markets here in Turkey as it tends to come with half the field attached. You will then need to cut the ends of the spinach leaves. This dish can be made ahead and it freezes beautifully.
Turkish style Spinach and Cheese Borek is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Turkish style Spinach and Cheese Borek is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have turkish style spinach and cheese borek using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Turkish style Spinach and Cheese Borek:
- Make ready 4 eggs
- Make ready 500 grams spinach
- Prepare 200 mls milk (semi skimmed or whole)
- Make ready 100 grams grated mozarella
- Make ready 100 grams grated cheddar
- Get 7 Filo pastry sheets
- Prepare Salt
- Get Pepper
- Make ready Vegetable oil
Borek is one of the most popular dishes in Turkish cuisine and it was a staple in Ottoman cuisine as well. Turkish borek can be made with different fillings such as spices lamb, spinach, potato or cheese. Among all these, I guess Turkish spinach and cheese borek recipe has a special place for everyone because it is the snack of their childhood. Here in this post, I'll be sharing the most common type of Turkish borek.
Steps to make Turkish style Spinach and Cheese Borek:
- Use a wide-base pan to wilt the washed spinach. Add a pinch of salt.
- Crack open 4 eggs into a bowl. Add the milk, pinch of salt and pepper and mix. Place the 2 grated cheese in a separate bowl.
- Add a drizzle of vegetable oil to a large baking tray (ideally a pyrex glass tray) and spread it evenly with a brush, including the sides of the tray to avoid the pastry from sticking. Then place 2 sheets of filo pastry so that it is partially hanging out from the sides of the tray.
- Put enough egg-milk mixture onto the filo pastry to cover it and spread it out evenly.
- Then place wilted spinach evenly, followed by grated cheese
- Fold the sides of the filo pastry.
- Place 2 new filo sheets on top and repeat the steps 4-6. I usually do 3 layers in total. Save a small amount of the egg-milk mixture for the very top layer.
- When you reach the last layer, fold the sides and then place a single filo sheet on top to cover it. Add small amount of egg-milk mixture on top to wet the sheet. This will protect it from burning.
- Place the tray into a pre-heated oven at 200 degrees for 35-40 minutes until top layer is golden and the pastry has fully cooked top and bottom. Serve in pieces of rectangles.
Among all these, I guess Turkish spinach and cheese borek recipe has a special place for everyone because it is the snack of their childhood. Here in this post, I'll be sharing the most common type of Turkish borek. It is layered with super thin phyllo sheets that are sticked one another with a mixture of yogurt, eggs and olive oil. These popular Turkish savory pastries, Muska Boregi or Spinach and Cheese Filo Triangles, are delicious and easy; a real crowd pleaser. I hope you enjoy them, Afiyet Olsun!
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