BANITSA
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit (175° Celsius).
- Meanwhile, take a round oven-proof dish and grease it with oil or butter and set aside.
- Put drained feta in a mixing bowl and crumble it with a fork (or your fingers). Add yogurt, eggs and baking soda and mix everything well. Set aside.
- Spread one sheet of phyllo (filo) pastry on a clean work top, the wider side facing you. Brush some melted butter over the sheet.
- Spoon some of the Feta mixture over and spread around a little. Lift the edge closest to you and roll/fold into a "sausage".
- Now, roll this into a snail (like you would when making cinnamon rolls). Place the "snail" in the middle of your oven dish/cake pan.
- Repeat step 4 with another phyllo sheet. When ready, place it in the cake pan, just around the first "snail" and repeat with the rest of the sheets until you fill up you cake pan.
- When done, pour the leftover melted butter over banitsa. Transfer the pan in the oven and bake at 350° Fahrenheit (175° Celsius) for 25 minutes or until puffed and golden brown on top.
- When ready, take it out and let it cool slightly before slicing.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 339 kcal, Carbohydrate 27 g, Protein 14 g, Fat 19 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, Cholesterol 113 mg, Sodium 725 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 3 g, ServingSize 1 serving
SPINACH BANITZA
A savory Bulgarian pastry made with filo dough and stuffed with a light filling of spinach, cheese and eggs. I first had banitza at a wonderful restaurant, the Acacia Fillo Bar in Vancouver's West End. After reading this recipe ... http://www.banitza.com/ and several others on the internet, I combined elements from several sources to create my own banitza recipe. Boy, did it come out YUM!!! Labor intensive, but NOT difficult, and SO worth it!!
Provided by Muzicgirl
Categories Savory Pies
Time 1h15m
Yield 1 banitza, 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- The filo dough takes two hours to thaw, so either plan ahead, and let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight, or be sure to put it out early in the day.
- Put the chopped spinach and finely sliced leek in a frying pan with a very small amount of oil. Sauté just until spinach is wilted, and leeks have become transparent (about 5 minutes).
- Set spinach mixture aside to cool.
- In a large bowl. mix the crumbled cheese, milk and eggs together. Don't over mix - cheese should be lumpy.
- Add well-drained cooked spinach, mix lightly.
- Take a sheet of filo dough, lay it flat, brush it with melted butter, and stack another sheet of dough on top. Butter again, then lay one more sheet on top. Now you have a stack of three layers. With a teaspoon, place a line of filling all along the bottom edge, then, roll it up into a tight roll with the filling on the inside of the roll. The long roll is then taken and rolled up in a circle. This first sheet of dough is then placed in the baking pan. (I used a pizza pan, it worked perfectly) The process is repeated with the remaining sheets of dough and each consecutive roll is placed around the first one in the pan. The resulting shape resembles a spiral. Repeat until all mixture is used. Brush the remaining butter all over the top. Bake about 30 minutes @ 400 F, or until golden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 315.5, Fat 20, SaturatedFat 11.3, Cholesterol 107.9, Sodium 650.4, Carbohydrate 19.9, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 1.8, Protein 14.8
SIMPLE BULGARIAN BANITSA
Banitsa is a very popular dish in Bulgaria, there are many ways to make it and variations in ingredients. My recipe is simple and has always came out great.
Provided by mis liz
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 45m
Yield 1 banitsa, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, ( glass pyrex pan works great for this recipe) brush melted butter all over bottom amd sides of baking pan.
- 2. Mix salt, cheese and milk and eggsin a bowl , combine and stir ingredients well.
- 3. Put down 5 sheets of phyllo dough down in buttered pan and brush over with melted butter. You can also put down one sheet at a time and butter seperatelly.
- 4. Pour enough of the mixture to cover phyllo sheets and top with 3 more sheets.
- 5. Continue to repeat the process: put down 3 sheets and make sure to brush them well with butter then layer with mixture until all of the mixture is done, then cover with atleast 2 sheets. I preffer not to butter the top sheets as they tend to get very hard after the banitsa is done baking.
- 6. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until golden, make sure mixture is cooked in the middle by cutting into banitsa. When the mixture is cooked it will not be runny.
- 7. Once banitsa is done cover it with either a towell or the lid to the pan and let it sit and cool before cutting it or serving. Covering it lets the steam soften the phyllo dough sheets.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 411.5, Fat 30.4, SaturatedFat 18.4, Cholesterol 153.2, Sodium 1086.2, Carbohydrate 23.1, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 1.7, Protein 11.6
BANITZA - SAVOURY BULGARIAN CHEESE PIE
This was handed to me by a Bulgarian Lady, who ran a restaurant/Pub near my University, frequented by lots of students. This is rich, filling and a bit time consuming, but really worth the effort. This makes a lot for a hungry crowd.
Provided by Eismeer
Categories Breads
Time 1h
Yield 8 pieces, 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Prepare dough out of ingredients and separate in 6 equal portions.
- Let rest in fridge while preparing filling and custard.
- Crumble or mash cheese with a fork and mix with eggs, until mixture appears to be homogeneous.
- Roll out the 6 dough portions to thin sheets (rolling pin, dust surface with flour to prevent dough from sticking).
- Brush each sheet of dough with butter and put filling on them evenly.
- Roll up (cigar like) and form one large spiral out of the dough rolls in a buttered form attaching the end of one to the beginning of the next dough roll (rose shape might hit it optically :)).
- Mix sparkling water and 2 eggs and pour over Banitza.
- Bake at 180°C until Banitza is golden brown and custard and filling have set.
- Enjoy with green and/or tamatoe salad for instance.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3702.8, Fat 171.7, SaturatedFat 77, Cholesterol 1011.1, Sodium 3070, Carbohydrate 403.9, Fiber 13.5, Sugar 2.1, Protein 126.4
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