Feta Cheese Burek (Phyllo Dough)

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Description

An Eastern European delicacy. Probably one of the most loved foods from the Balkans. There are two ways to create burek: with homemade dough or with phyllo dough (pre-made store-bought). In this recipe we will be using the pre-made phyllo dough. You can put potatoes, meat, spinach, boiled cabbage, or feta cheese inside! This one will be with feta cheese. Truly a tasty meal! And very easy to make! Eat with yogurt for authenticity.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup feta cheese
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup cottage cheese
  • ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese (such as Philadelphia®), softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 (8 ounce) package phyllo dough
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup vegetable oil

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet lightly.
  2. Mix feta cheese
  3. sour cream
  4. cottage cheese
  5. cream cheese
  6. and eggs together in a bowl. Whisk milk and oil together in a small bowl.
  7. Brush milk-oil mixture over 3 sheets of phyllo dough and stack together. Place some of the cheese mixture in a straight line on one end of the dough. Roll up tightly to form a spiral shape. Transfer spiral to the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining milk-oil mixture
  8. phyllo dough
  9. and cheese mixture.
  10. Bake burek in the preheated oven until golden brown
  11. about 40 minutes.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 6

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