~462 cal · 23g protein · 5g carbs · 39g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Coiled flaky cheese pastry
🇲🇰 Skopje
Burek is the great breakfast pastry of the Balkans, and in North Macedonia it is a morning institution: sheets of thin dough (kori) layered with a salty cheese filling, coiled into a spiral, and baked until shatteringly flaky. Cut into wedges and eaten with a glass of cold drinking yogurt (kiselo mleko).
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🥛 Dairy-Free
🥜 Nut-Free
🥚 Egg-Free
Ingredients
Serves 6 —
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1 lb thin pastry sheets (kori/filo)
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2 cups + 2 white cheese and egg
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1/3 cup oil or butter (to brush)
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2 cups drinking yogurt, to serve
Instructions
1
Mix the crumbled cheese with the egg (or plant yogurt).
2
Brush a pastry sheet with oil, spread filling along one edge, and roll into a rope.
3
Coil the ropes into a spiral in an oiled pan.
4
Brush the top and bake at 400°F until deep golden and flaky, about 35 minutes.
5
Cut into wedges and serve with cold drinking yogurt.
Skopje tradition.
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Skopje. Where clay pots of baked beans define the table.
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North Macedonia. Balkan bean pots and peppers baked in clay.
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Europe. Village recipes guarded for generations.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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