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A slice of Turkish water borek stuffed with feta and parsley.
5 from 2 votes

Su Boregi (Water Borek)

Homemade phyllo sheets are slightly cooked in simmering water, then stuffed with feta cheese and baked in oven.
Yields: 12 slices
PREP 1 hour
COOK 40 minutes
TOTAL 1 hour 40 minutes

INGREDIENTS
  

Filling:

  • 500 g feta cheese crumbled
  • ½ bunch parsley chopped
  • 200 g butter melted

Phyllo Sheet Dough:

  • 10 cups flour
  • cup milk
  • 6 medium eggs

To cook the phyllo sheets

  • 3 liter water to boil the borek sheets
  • 3 liter water cold
  • ½ tablespoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Topping

  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup yogurt

INSTRUCTIONS
 

  • Make The Filling 
  • Combine cheese and chopped parsley in a bowl and put it aside. Also, keep the melted butter in another bowl on the side.
  • Make The Phyllo Sheets
  • Combine flour, milk and eggs in a large bowl. Knead it well either with your hands or in your stand mixer. Add little flour if necessary. It won’t be a soft dough. Now transfer the dough on the counter, roll it into a log and cut it into 10 balls. Cover them with a damp kitchen towel so that they don’t dry when you are rolling them out one by one. Dust the counter with a little flour each time you roll out a dough ball. Stack the phyllo sheets on the counter. Make sure you sprinkle a generous amount of flour between each so that they don’t stick. Brush a baking sheet with oil or use a cooking spray. Place an uncooked phyllo sheet in the baking sheet as the bottom of your water borek. Then cook the remaining phyllo sheets. Read on to learn how.
  • Cook The Phyllo Sheets In Simmering Water
  • Fill a large pot with water, add in salt and olive oil. Bring it to a boil. Fill a large bowl with cold water and put it aside. With the help of a thin rolling pin, take the phyllo sheet to the pot and drop it into the simmering water. Keep it there for 2 minutes and take it out with a large slotted spoon. Transfer it into the cold water to stop cooking. Keep it there for a few seconds and then transfer it on a clean kitchen towel. Repeat the same steps for the remaining phyllo sheets. 
  • Assemble The Börek
  • Remember the first phyllo sheet you place uncooked in the baking sheet? Brush the top of it with melted butter. Now place a cooked phyllo sheet on that first one. Brush it with melted butter too. Repeat with 3 more phyllo sheets. Spread the cheese mixture on the fifth phyllo sheet. Place the 6th phyllo sheet on it. Brush it with melted butter and repeat with the remaining sheets. 
  • In another bow, whisk together the egg, yogurt and olive oil. Spread this mixture on the top sheet generously. And finally bake it in a preheated oven at 350 F / 180 C. for about 40 minutes or until golden.
  • Cut it into squares and serve.

NUTRITION

Calories: 729kcalCarbohydrates: 83gProtein: 21gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 175mgSodium: 953mgPotassium: 245mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 985IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 302mgIron: 6mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

ADDITIONAL INFO

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Turkish
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