Tepsi Boregi Recipes

TEPSI BOREGI

Steps:

• For the filling, blend the feta cheese with the cottage or farmer's cheese and dill.
• Mix the melted butter, milk, and eggs.
• Use a rectangular baking dish or pan smaller than the sheets of fillo. Open the sheets only when you are ready to use them and keep them in a pile so that they do not dry out.
• Lay a sheet in the greased baking dish or pan, fitting it into the corners and letting the edges come up the sides and overhang. With a ladle, pour a little of the milk-and-egg mixture (a little less than a sixth, as you will need enough for 6 layers with a larger amount for the last one, on top) all over the sheet and sprinkle with the grated kasseri or cheddar. Tear the second sheet into strips and lay them on top. Pour a little of the milk-and-egg mixture over the strips and sprinkle with the grated kasar or cheddar.
• Lay the third sheet on top-as it is, without tearing it-and spread the cheese filling evenly on top. The fourth and fifth sheets must be torn into strips, and each layer sprinkled with the milk-and-egg mixture and the grated cheese. Fold the overhanging bits of fillo over the pie and lay the last sheet on top. Tuck it down into the sides and ladle the remaining milk-and-egg mixture over it.
• Bake at 350°F for 30-45 minutes, until the top is golden brown. It puffs up and falls again when you cut it.
• Serve hot, cut into squares.

SIGARA BöREGI

Steps:

• For the filling, mash the feta cheese with a fork and mix with the egg and herbs.
• Take out the sheets of fillo only when you are ready to use them, as they dry out. Cut the sheets into 4 rectangles each, about 12 by 4 inches, and put them in a pile on top of each other. Brush the top strip lightly with oil or melted butter. Take a heaping teaspoon of filling and place it at one of the 4-inch or shortest ends of the strip in a thin sausage shape along the edge-about 1 inch from it and 1 inch from the side edges (1). Roll up the top sheet with the filling inside like a cigarette (2). Turn the ends in when you've rolled it about a third of the way to trap the filling (3), then continue to roll (4). Repeat with the remaining fillo sheets.
• Place the cigars close to each other on a greased baking sheet and brush the tops with oil or melted butter and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes, or until crisp and golden.
• Serve hot.

HOMEMADE SU BOREGI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and oil a 16 inch round baking pan -- if this is not available use a 9X13 baking pan.
• Combine cheeses, onions, parsley, and one egg. Mix until this is smooth.
• Spread out a sheet of phyllo dough.
• Brush with olive oil. Top with another.
• On top the this spread some of the cheese mixture. Roll this up from the long side.
• In the baking pan coil the phyllo roll.
• Repeat the steps with the phyllo dough and cheese. Coil each roll around the central roll. You will be making one large spiral.
• Beat the remaining two eggs and pour this over the phyllo rolls. Pour the bottle of mineral water over this and put in the oven immediately.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the top is dry, crisp, and golden brown.