Layered Turkish Bread (Borek)
Layered Turkish Bread (Borek)

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, layered turkish bread (borek). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Spinach and Feta Layered Turkish Bread (Borek). I love trying out new breads, so when I saw this recipe posted on Gabriela Cara's blog, I was so excited! It looked wonderful and sounded so unique!

Layered Turkish Bread (Borek) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Layered Turkish Bread (Borek) is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook layered turkish bread (borek) using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Layered Turkish Bread (Borek):
  1. Get 4 cups Bread flour all-purpose flour or
  2. Prepare 1 1/4 cups milk Warm ,
  3. Make ready as needed water Warm , get a soft , non - sticky dough
  4. Prepare 1 tbs yeast Instant
  5. Make ready 1 1/2 tsps Salt
  6. Make ready 4 - 6 tbs Butter , melted
  7. Make ready 10 - 12 oz Spinach , chopped , squeezed dry , cooked
  8. Prepare 1 cup Feta cheese
  9. Take 2/3 cup turkey Smoked , chopped
  10. Take 1 Egg , beaten
  11. Prepare Sesame seeds poppy seeds , and nigella

If you're not in Turkey, you can find packaged yufka in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean grocers. You can also buy it online from websites specializing in Turkish ingredients. See more ideas about Borek, Turkish recipes, Food. Karniyarik, Bulgur Pilaf and Cigarette Borek : Just like the Mung Bean Salad, Karniyarik wasn't included in the initial menu for the SF Chronicle article.

Instructions to make Layered Turkish Bread (Borek):
  1. In a mixing bowl, add flour, salt instant yeast. Stir to combine. Add warm milk and warm water.
  2. Using a mixer, add dough hook and knead for 10 minutes. Or until soft and pliable. The dough should not stick to the sides of the bowl. Add a little bit of flour if it does stick.
  3. Take dough out unto an oiled counter top. Cut dough into 6 pieces (if you want to make a larger, one piece borek, or just cut dough into 3 pieces to make 2 boreks).
  4. Roll each piece thinly into a rectangle (roughly 17x15 if making 2 boreks.. (when you work with one, Keeping the rest covered so as not to dry out) or roll much bigger if you are doing the larger one piece borek) You basically want to roll it out as thinly as possible, so use hand technique with rolling pin. It is ok if you get some rips(just fix it). Brush with melted butter, sprinkle with half of chopped turkey.
  5. Roll out second dough piece to the same size. Place on top and brush with melted butter sprinkle half of the chopped spinach and half of feta cheese.
  6. When you reach the last layer, fold bottom half over the top half. Brush with melted butter.
  7. Fold the left side to the middle and fold the right side to the middle where the edges touch.
  8. Turn folded borek seam side down.
  9. Using a rolling pin, gently roll dough slightly (being careful not to tear the top dough).
  10. Place a piece of parchment paper in a 8x8 square pan/dish(or larger if doing the one piece borek). Lightly oil/butter it. Place the folded borek and cut through the dough completely to form triangles.
  11. Let rise 1 hour in a warm place or until nicely puffed an doubled. Brush with beaten egg, sprinkle sesame seeds/poppy seeds/nigella.
  12. Bake in a preheated 375 deg. oven for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Good Old Fashioned Pumpkin Bread << CAKE. Spinach and cheese börek, cheese pastries, Turkish meat pies (beef börek), cheese and vegetable pies, peynirli boregi Here the ladies are rolling out the 'yufka' and then it is actually being cooked in single layers to use later as a dried bread, rather than be stuffed to. Turkish borek is one of the many foods you should try in Turkey. We loved it so much, we included a the best borek recipe to make at home. Turkish Borek (also spelled boerek or börek) is a traditional dish throughout the Middle East and Balkan nations.

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