"Spinach Borek is a delicious Turkish pastry made of thin flaky dough called "yufka" filled with spinach."
Spinach Borek
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Prep time: 1hr 20mins
Cook time: 40mins
Serves or Makes: 12
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ingredients
- 750 grams chopped spinach
- 1 tabelspoons olive oil
- 2 medium chopped into small pieces onion
- 1 clove of finely chopped garlic
- 1/2 finely chopped red chilli
- 1 tabelspoons tomato paste
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 whole egg
- 2 egg whites
- 1/3 cup full fat milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 sheets fresh yufka
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 egg yolks
- nigella seeds
- sesame seeds
Method
Step 1
Prepare the Filling: Heat a large pan or wok on medium heat. Add olive oil and gently sauté the onions and garlic until translucent. Stir in the tomato paste, chilli, salt, pepper and paprika, sauté for another minute. Add the spinach and cook for few minutes on high heat until the water from spinach totally evaporates. Remove from the heat and let it cool down before using for borek.
Step 2
Prepare the Sauce: Put 2 eggs whites+ 1 whole egg in a bowl and whisk lightly. Pour in the milk and vegetable oil and whisk to combine. Set aside to use when required.
Step 3
Assemble the Borek: Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan oven). Line a rectangular baking tray size of 35cm x 25 cm or a round tray size of 28cm dia with baking sheet. Lay on piece of yufka on a work surface and scatter 2-3 tbsp of the sauce on it, spread the sauce evenly using a pastry brush. Divide the filling in 3 and scatter ⅓ of it on yufka evenly. Then cut the yufka in quarter. You will have 4 large triangles. Take one of the triangles and roll it starting from the large side into a long sausage shape. Swirl the long sausage into a rose shape, tuck the lose end piece underneath the rose. Repeat the same for the rest of the yufka pieces, you should have 12 roses out of 3 yufka sheets. Place them on baking tray and brush with melted butter and then egg yolk. Sprinkle on sesame seeds or nigella seeds. Place the tray in the oven and cook the boreks for 40 minutes or until golden brown.