Banitsa With White Cheese (Bulgarian Banitsa With Phyllo Pastry)
- 10 -12 sheets phyllo pastry (1 box 500g phyllo pastry)
- 125 g butter (or margarine)
- 4 eggs
- 500 g yoghurt (Bulgarian yogurt)
- 250 g white cheese (feta cheese)
- 200 g milk
- 1 pinch baking soda
- 1.theese filling preparation: Beat the eggs and the pinch of baking soda, than add crumbed (or crushed) white cheese and then the yoghurt.
- 2.tpiral Banitsa (Vita Banitsa)/ Traditional preparation.
- 3.tse a round pan +-40cm diameter (the bigger the better).
- 4.take 12 pastry sheets (phyllo pastry).Grease bottom of a pan with butter.
- 5.tpread a sheet, put a 2-3 small cubes of butter (or margarine), and spread the filling. Roll the sheet and place it in the middle of the pan (as a beginning of the spiral).
- 6.to all the sheets the same way and join it with the end of the first sheet, making your spiral bigger and bigger.
- 7.then you out the last sheet and finish the spiral and fill the pan pore a tea cup of milk over the spiral.
- 8.take in moderate oven (180 u0b0C) for 45-50 minute
- 9.then it is ready take it out of the oven and brush with water the surface and cover with a cloth until it cools down.
- 10.terve with an extra small bowl of plain yoghurt.
- Or (lazy way of preparation).
- 1.take 12 pastry sheets (phyllo).Grease bottom of a pan with butter, no need of a round pan.
- 2.tlace the first 3 sheets, spread the top sheet with butter, and spread first 1/3rd of the filling.
- 3.tlace 2 more sheets and brush with butter spread 2nd third of the filling.
- 4.top with 2 more sheets and brush with butter and spread last third of the filling.
- 5.the top last layer of filling cover with last sheets.
- 6.tut in 9 or 12 squares and pore 1 cup of milk.
- 7.take in moderate oven (180 u0b0C) for 45-50 minute
- 8.then it is ready take it out of the oven and brush with water the surface and cover with a cloth until it cools down.
- 9.terve with an extra small bowl of plain yoghurt.
pastry, butter, eggs, yoghurt, white cheese, milk, baking soda
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/banitsa-with-white-cheese-bulgarian-banitsa-with-phyllo-pastry-442285 (may not work)