Pleated Cheese Borek

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Pleated Cheese Borek

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Servings

12 servings

Prep time

15 min

Cooking time

30 min

level

Beginner

You’ve never tried a borek recipe this easy and beginner friendly. This Turkish pleated börek is incredibly flaky with a crispy exterior made from phyllo dough and a filling of satisfying rich and salty feta cheese. Enjoy it as a snack, appetizer, or even a light meal.

Ingredients

  • 1 package of phyllo dough, defrosted
  • 10 oz feta, crumbled
  • 3 Tbsp finely chopped parsley
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup oil + enough to lightly oil the pan
  • 200 ml seltzer (1 bottle of maden suyu or a little more than half a can of seltzer)

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 and lightly oil the 9×13 pan.
  2. Mix the crumbled feta cheese and parsley together in a medium sized bowl.
  3. Spread about 2 Tbsp of the feta mixture across a single sheet of phyllo dough. Like you are making a pleated fan, fold up the dough. Rips and tears in the dough don’t matter much because of the style of this borek.
  4. Place the pleated dough into the oiled pan with the raw edges of the dough up and the folded edges down.
  5. Continue with every sheet of phyllo dough in the package making sure you fill the pan.
  6. Prepare the sauce by whisking the eggs, milk, oil and seltzer together in a medium-sized bowl.
  7. Pour over the top of the pleated phyllo dough, making sure it is distributed evenly.
  8. Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

Notes

Other than getting feta cheese on the bottom of the pan, this recipe is hard to mess up.

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