Banitsa
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Banitsa is a traditional Bulgarian recipe that consists of eggs and cheese between filo pastry sheets formed in a spiral before baking.
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Ingredients
- 12 heets phyllo dough
- 8 tablespoons butter
- ½ lb sirene (Bulgarian cheese) or feta, coarsely crumbled
- ¾ lb Bulgarian yogurt (preferably sheep's milk yogurt)
- 4 whole eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- salt
- pepper
Tools needed
- 1 (10-inch) springform pan
Instructions
- Whisk yogurt with 4 whole eggs.
- Add cheese, salt and pepper and mix.
- Melt the butter.
- Take two sheets of phyllo and brush the top sheet with melted butter.
- Superimpose a third sheet on the first two and brush the top with butter.
- Turn the three sheets over and then brush the non coated side.
- Divide ¼ of the yogurt, egg and cheese mixture on top of the filo sheets.
- Then roll the whole preparation like a long sausage. Roll lengthwise to get the roll as long as possible.
- Repeat this process 3 more times to get 4 long rolls of three superimposed sheets of filo each.
- Place the springform pan on a baking sheet (or just circle on baking sheet covered with parchment paper).
- Begin by placing the first roll by sticking to the edge of the circle, then add the following forming a snail to the center.
- Beat egg yolk with the remaining melted butter and brush the whole banitsa.
- Bake at 400F/200C for about 25 minutes.
- The banitsa should be golden.
- It can be eaten either hot, warm or cold.
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