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Börek is
a general Turkish term for filled pastries.
The filling is often white
sheep's milk cheese and
a chopped vegetable such as parsley or spinach.
Often the dough is paper-thin yufka (phyllo)
layered, rolled or folded around the
ingredients, then baked, steamed or
fried.
My favorite include böreks include:
Püf böregi: "puff" börek: little
triangular pillows of pastry filled
with white cheese and chopped parsley,
then deep-fried.
Sigara böregi - "cigarette" börek: cigar-sized
tubes of pastry rolled around white
cheese and chopped parsley, then deep-fried
Su böregi: "water" börek: layers
of thin dough sprinkled with white
cheese and chopped parsley, then steamed,
cut into squares and served hot or
cold, often for breakfast or as a snack.
Like gözleme, börek is
distinguished by variety, and can often
be ordered thus:
ispanakli =
with spinach
karisik = with everything
kasar peynirli = with
yellow cow's milk cheese
kiymali = with ground
lamb
patatesli = with mashed
potatoes
peynirli = with white
sheep's milk cheese (feta)
Gözleme
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