Turkey · Middle East & North Africa

Su Böreği

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Su Böreği (placeholder image)
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

  1. Knead flour, eggs, salt and water into a stiff dough; divide into 10 balls and rest 30 min.
  2. Roll each paper-thin to the size of a 35 cm tray.
  3. Butter the tray and lay 2 raw sheets as the base.
  4. Boil the remaining sheets one at a time 30 seconds, plunge into cold water, drain.
  5. Layer the boiled sheets with butter, sprinkling cheese and parsley every few layers.
  6. Top with the last raw sheet, brush with butter and oil, bake at 200°C for 35–40 min until golden.
  7. Rest 15 min and cut into squares.