Turkish style Spinach and Cheese Borek

Name: Turkish style Spinach and Cheese Borek
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 500 grams spinach; 200 mls milk (semi skimmed or whole); 100 grams grated cheddar; 7 Filo pastry sheets; Salt; Pepper; Vegetable oil

Beril @cook_23185350

This is a version of Turkish Tepsi böreği which is a type of savoury pastry cooked in a tray. I have used mozarella and cheddar cheeses and filo pastry for this recipe for simplicity. In Turkey, different Turkish cheeses and a thicker hand made dough are used.

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Ingredients

4eggs
500 gramsspinach
200 mlsmilk (semi skimmed or whole)
100 grams grated mozarella
100 gramsgrated cheddar
7Filo pastry sheets
Salt
Pepper
Vegetable oil

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Steps

1

Use a wide-base pan to wilt the washed spinach. Add a pinch of salt.
2

Crack open 4 eggs into a bowl. Add the milk, pinch of salt and pepper and mix. Place the 2 grated cheese in a separate bowl.
3

Add a drizzle of vegetable oil to a large baking tray (ideally a pyrex glass tray) and spread it evenly with a brush, including the sides of the tray to avoid the pastry from sticking. Then place 2 sheets of filo pastry so that it is partially hanging out from the sides of the tray.
4

Put enough egg-milk mixture onto the filo pastry to cover it and spread it out evenly.
5

Then place wilted spinach evenly, followed by grated cheese
6

Fold the sides of the filo pastry.
7

Place 2 new filo sheets on top and repeat the steps 4-6. I usually do 3 layers in total. Save a small amount of the egg-milk mixture for the very top layer.
8

When you reach the last layer, fold the sides and then place a single filo sheet on top to cover it. Add small amount of egg-milk mixture on top to wet the sheet. This will protect it from burning.
9

Place the tray into a pre-heated oven at 200 degrees for 35-40 minutes until top layer is golden and the pastry has fully cooked top and bottom. Serve in pieces of rectangles.