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Börek made from plucked yufka

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 500 g dough sheets (yufka)
  • 500 g natural yogurt, 3.5% fat
  • 4 eggs
  • 100 ml milk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 200 g feta cheese
  • Parsley
  • dill
  • sesame

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 55 minutes

Mix the yogurt, eggs, milk, oil, and salt until smooth. Crumble the feta cheese, finely chop the dill and parsley, and mix. Grease a baking dish or line it with baking paper. Tear the yufka leaves into small pieces and mix them with the yogurt mixture. Pour half of this mixture into the baking dish. Spread the feta cheese on top. Sprinkle the remaining yufka-yogurt mixture on top. Sprinkle with sesame and black sesame seeds and bake at approximately 160 degrees Celsius (320 degrees Fahrenheit) for 35 minutes, until golden brown and the dough rises. The börek can be served hot or cold.

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Written by John Myers

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