Our national football team had a match with Spain yesterday. We love watching matches with friends, so we called some friends and invited them to watch the match together. They already knew that we’d prepare some food for the night, but this time they had a request from us: Cigarette boreks! Of course we accepted.
They came just before the match began and they all went crazy with the smell of cigarette boreks. They brought several bottles of beer, so we understood that it was a part of their plan. We all agree on cigarette boreks go perfect with cold beer. Although Spanish team defeated with a 2-1 score, we had great time because both teams played well. By the way, I should admit we grabed a cigarette borek each time our players missed a goal. It’s better than cigarette itself at all.
The name of this borek is cigarette just because of its shape. You put some very healthy ingredients in it like cheese and parsley instead of tobacco.
Sigara Boregi
Ingredients
– 3 phyllo sheets
– 1 cup white cheese, crumbled
– Half bunch parsley, chopped
– A very small cup water, just to stick the ends
– ½ cup vegetable oil
Lay the sheets on the counter and cut them into pieces of triangle. You see it in the picture, if you like you can cut them bigger, but originally they are small.
Mix chopped parsley and cheese together. If you like you can add spices you like. We love it plain.
Grab a triangle and put some cheese mixture on the wide side of it. First fold the left and right edges and then roll it up. To stick its end, dip your finger into the water in small cup and rub it on the end of the triangle.
Heat oil in a pan and fry these cigarette boreks until golden brown.
You can serve these crunchy cigarettes as a kind of snack with beer or tea. You can even surprise your family or friends by serving it at breakfast. The sound it makes while eating is as enjoyable as eating it.
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Love Sigara Boregi! Our son-in-law’s mum was a chef in former Yugoslavia and she even makes her own phyllo dough sheerts. Sometimes she makes the layered types with meat, cheese or potatoes, also the coiled ones.
She usually uses feta cheese, but I think they sometimes use kajmak cheese. I have even made them with kashkaval!
I didn’t know that sigara boregi is known in other parts of the world. I’m sure it is even better when you make the phyllo sheets yourself. You’re lucky to taste the one made by a chef in this way.