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Spinach borek

Spinach Borek

Börek according to Wikipedia is a family of baked filled pastries made of paper thin filo dough.They are of Turkish origin and are popular in Balkans. I prepared the filo dough at home from scratch and it was amazing crispy and flaky.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Balkan, Middle Eastern, Turkish
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 4 hours
Author indrani

Ingredients

Ingredients

Dough

  • 4 cups refined flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 50 gm frozen butter
  • A pinch of salt

Filling

  • A bunch of spinach leaves
  • 200 gm of cottage cheese
  • 250 gm of processed cheese
  • 1 tbsp of carom seeds
  • 1 cup of chopped onions
  • 4 to 5 garlics finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp of Red chili flakes
  • Warm water as required
  • 1/2 cup of melted butter

Instructions

Preparation

Dough

  1. Mix the flour with the frozen butter till it is crumbly
  2. Add eggs and mix the flour and salt
  3. Add water and knead the flour with your hand till a soft firm dough is formed.
  4. divide the flour into small rounds around 12 balls.
  5. roll into thin sheets
  6. Brush melted butter on each sheet and stack 6 sheets one over the other.
  7. Make two shacked sheets one for the bottom layer and another for the top layer of the pie.
  8. Freeze each layer for at least 2 hours

Filling

  1. Chop spinach leaves finely
  2. Roast the carom seeds
  3. In a pan add olive oil and saute spinach leaves
  4. Add onions ,garlic,salt and black pepper
  5. Saute till all the water gets dried.
  6. Let it cool
  7. Add grated cottage cheese and mix.

Assembling

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees
  2. Line mold with the bottom layer
  3. Fill with the spinach filling.
  4. Top with grated cheese
  5. Cover with the top layer
  6. Brush with egg wash
  7. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes at 180 degrees.
  8. Till the top layer is brown