Turkish Recipe - Cheese Börek Spiral
 
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Turkish cheese borek is a classic Turkish/Middle Eastern savory pie. This Turkish Borek with Cheese and Herbs is the best savory pie you can ever have in your life time.
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Recipe type: Brunch
Cuisine: Turkish
Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • 8oz Ricotta Cheese
  • 4 oz Feta Cheese
  • 15 Phyllo Dough Sheets
  • 8 to 10 Black Olives Chopped (optional)
  • 8 oz Mozzarella (optional)
  • 1 stick Butter
  • Salt/Pepper to taste
  • Sesame Seeds and Nigella Seeds for garnish (optional)
Instructions
  1. Defrosted phyllo dough, and the cheeses.
  2. Give the cheeses a good mash to combine in a bowl and add chopped olives if desired, along with salt/pepper.
  3. Melt butter.
  4. Pull 3 sheets from your phyllo dough pile. Brush each sheet with butter and lay them on top of each other.
  5. Now placing your buttered sheets horizontally towards you, add some filling to the bottom long edge of your dough.
  6. Cheese borek step
  7. Carefully roll the dough up to make a long log.
  8. Turkish borek recipe
  9. Brush the log with butter and then gently roll your log into a spiral and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
  10. Continue the steps and keep adding your logs to the spiral made to form one large Borek or make each log into its own spiral to form individual spirals.
  11. If you make individual you will get 5 smaller spirals, if you make a large spiral you will get a 10" round borek.
  12. Brush the tops liberally with butter.
  13. At this point you can chill, then freeze these wrapped in saran wrap then foil to bake on another day, or prep ahead for a party.
  14. There is no need to defrost, just bake them frozen on a parchment lined baking sheet, adding a few extra minutes to ensure it’s cooked through.
  15. Sprinkle sesame seeds and nigella seeds if desired on top of borek
  16. Bake at 400'F for 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown.
Recipe by WithASpin at https://withaspin.com/2018/06/01/turkish-recipe-cheese-borek/