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Veggie Börek Recipe

“Few dishes make me smile as big as this börek.

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Veggie Börek Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 500g feta cheese, crumbled
  • half a bunch fresh parsley, chopped (plus extra for serving)
  • 200g unsalted butter, melted (plus extra for serving)
  • 2 tbsp Niki's Turkish spice mix
  • 10 sheets (approx) filo pastry
  • 3 eggs
  • 200ml milk
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tbsp saffron water

“Few dishes make me smile as big as this börek. It’s flaky, crispy, light and sooooo easy! Mouth-watering if I do say so myself!”

Many thanks to Nikibakes for this delicious recipe. 

Method

01
Preheat the oven to 180C. In a large bowl combine the feta cheese, 1 tablespoon of Niki's Turkish Blend and the chopped parsley in a bowl and put it aside. 
02
In another bowl whisk the eggs, sea salt, ground turmeric, milk, melted butter and olive oil until you have a nice runny golden mixture, set aside. 
03
Grease your baking tin with the melted butter and lay down the first sheet of filo pastry. Brush some melted butter over this sheet so it's totally absorbed in butter. Now, take the filo sheets and rip them up into small pieces and soak them in your egg mixture. Place pieces of soaked filo pastry and place them in the bottom of your baking tray. Do this until you have filled the tin halfway. 
04
Now crumble in your feta cheese mixture in one even layer. Lay the rest of the soaked filo sheets on top so there's no feta mixture peeking out. 
05
Sprinkle with Niki's Turkish Blend and some parsley. Finally, pour over your saffron water and some melted butter and bake for about 40 minutes or until golden. Serve hot with extra parsley garnish. ENJOY!!