Recipes
Su Böreği (Layered Cheese Pastry)
Ingredients
- 5 cups plain flour
- 5 eggs
- half a cup of water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- For boiling: plenty of salted water
- Filling: 400 g white cheese, 1 bunch parsley
- Between the layers: 200 g melted butter and half a cup of oil
Method
- Knead the flour, eggs, water and salt into a firm dough and rest it for half an hour.
- Divide into eight pieces and roll each one out thinly, to the width of your tray.
- Boil the sheets one at a time in salted water for about a minute, then dip in cold water and drain.
- Mix the butter and oil; lay four sheets in a greased tray, brushing between each one.
- Spread the cheese and parsley over the middle and lay the remaining sheets on top the same way.
- Pour over the rest of the fat and cut into portions.
- Bake at 190 °C for 40-45 minutes, until golden on top.