Spinach feta borek - Easy burek - Filo pastry stuffed with feta and spinach - برك بالجبنة والسبانخ

Börek (Burek) is a family of baked filled pastries made of a thin flaky dough such as phyllo or yufka, typically filled with cheese, potato or meat. It is found in the cuisines of Western Asia, the Balkans, the South Caucasus, the Levant, Central Asia, and other parts of Eastern Europe.
Borek has many shapes and stuffed with different filling like chicken, meat, cheese and herbs. Can be baked or fried also.


Today I am sharing with you a recipe for borek (burek) filled with spinach and feta mix.

for small borek spiral shape (8-10 pieces) you will need
Ingredients:
250 g - filo (phylo) pastry pack
spinach fresh - 250-300 g ( can be even 500 g)
feta cheese - 200 g
salt & black pepper - to taste


Brushing filo (phylo) pastry
30 g butter (melted)
1 egg
120 ml milk

1. Wash, drain and cut spinach. Add salt and pepper to your taste. Salt will help to spinach give extra liquid. Squeeze spinach and add feta cheese, try the salt level and adjust to your taste.

2. Prepair the brushing mixture for phylo dough. Add to a bowl egg, melted butter and milk, salt and black pepper. Combine well all together and set aside.

3. Phylo pastry usually sold frozen, take it out from the freezer before 30 minutes. Let it defrost before work with it.

4. take 2 leaves of phylo dough, on a flat surface place first leaf and brush it with butter mixture, place on top the second leaf of dough and again brush it with butter mixture. place the filling for Borek and roll it up. Place in any baking tray like a spiral shape. Just same like shown on the video.

5. preheat the oven to 180 C (360C) place the rolled borek in a baking tray. Brush with left over butter mixture. Bake on a medium rank for 35-40 mins till done and having golden color.

Enjoy!
Borek is great for parties, sharing tables and friendly for school lunch boxes!

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