Borek recipe

Borek recipe

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Ingredients

150 g	phyllo dough sheets
500 g	fresh spinach
2	onions
2 tbsp	butter
	salt and pepper
2 tsp	mild paprika powder
	For the sauce:
125 g	butter
¼ l	milk
150 g	yoghurt
3	eggs

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Thoroughly wash drain and finely chop the spinach. Peel and grate the onions. In a skillet, melt the butter and sauté the onions until lucent. Add the spinach and cook over low heat until the liquid has evaporated. Season to taste with salt, pepper and paprika.

For the sauce melt the butter in a skillet. In a bowl, combine the milk with the yoghurt and the eggs and mix well. Add the mixture into the skillet and cook stirring for a minute.

Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Place a Phyllo dough sheet on it, and spread with some of the filling, sprinkle with some of the yogurt sauce and cover with another Phyllo leaf. Repeat this procedure. Drizzle the last Phyllo sheet with the remaining yoghurt sauce.

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

When finished, place a damp tea towel on top of the borek and leave to stand for 10 minutes.

Preparation time:
ca. 20 min
Cooking / Baking Time:
ca. 30 min
Resting time:
ca. 10 min
Grade of difficulty:
easy
Calories per portion:
n/a