~376 cal · 18g protein · 5g carbs · 32g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Layered spinach and cheese pastry pie
🇽🇰 Pristina
Pite is the layered savory pie at the center of Kosovar home cooking, thin sheets of pastry (petë) brushed with oil and layered with a filling — here spinach and salty white cheese. Baked until the top crackles, it is cut into squares and eaten warm for breakfast with a glass of yogurt or tea.
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Ingredients
Serves 6 —
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1 lb thin pastry sheets (petë/filo)
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1.5 lb spinach, chopped and wilted
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1.5 cups + 2 white cheese and egg
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1/3 cup oil (to brush)
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to taste salt
Instructions
1
Mix the wilted spinach with the cheese, egg (or plant yogurt), and salt.
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Layer oiled pastry sheets in a pan with filling between every couple of layers.
3
Brush the top well with oil and score into squares.
4
Bake at 400°F until deep golden and crisp, about 35 minutes.
5
Cool briefly and serve warm with yogurt.
Pristina tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Pristina. A Balkan capital famed for its many-layered flija.
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Kosovo. A young Balkan republic of patient layered pastries.
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Europe. Village recipes guarded for generations.
The story behind this dish is up top — worth a read while the pot works.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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