Turkey · Middle East & North Africa
Su Böreği
Turkey's 'water börek': boiled sheets of yufka layered with feta and parsley and baked in a big tray, a weekend breakfast showpiece.
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Su Böreği
120 minTotal
12Servings
4/5Effort
5/5Wow factor
Ingredients
- 500 g flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- about 60 ml water
- 400 g beyaz peynir or feta, crumbled
- 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 150 g butter, melted
- 60 ml olive oil
Instructions
- Knead flour, eggs, salt and water into a stiff dough; divide into 10 balls and rest 30 min.
- Roll each paper-thin to the size of a 35 cm tray.
- Butter the tray and lay 2 raw sheets as the base.
- Boil the remaining sheets one at a time 30 seconds, plunge into cold water, drain.
- Layer the boiled sheets with butter, sprinkling cheese and parsley every few layers.
- Top with the last raw sheet, brush with butter and oil, bake at 200°C for 35–40 min until golden.
- Rest 15 min and cut into squares.