Turkish Borek rolls (granny's version)

Name: Turkish Borek rolls (granny's version)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 5-7 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 kg flour; 16 grams instant yeast; 3 tbs salt; 1 tsp salt; 3 eggs; 80 ml milk; 8 gr baking powder; 300-350 gr spinach; 400 gr ground beef; 1 tsp "vegeta" mixed spices; Sesame seeds

Flavour101 @flavour101

Here's a recipe my grandmother learned from her Turkish friends in Germany.
It is all made from scratch and it's crunchy on outside, but full of flavour on the inside.

Flavour101 @flavour101

Here's a recipe my grandmother learned from her Turkish friends in Germany.
It is all made from scratch and it's crunchy on outside, but full of flavour on the inside.

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Ingredients

3h 30min

5-7 people

1 kgflour
16 gramsinstant yeast
3 tbssalt
1 tspsalt
3eggs
80 mlmilk
8 grbaking powder
300-350 grspinach
400 grground beef
1 tsp"vegeta" mixed spices
Sesame seeds

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Steps

3h 30min

1

First up, we start with the dough! In a small bowl of lukewarm water add 16gr of instant yeast, a half tsp of salt, and one tbs of flour.
Mix it al thoroughly with a fork, and let it set aside for 8 minutes.
2

In a huge bowl add 1kg of flour, 1 tbs of salt mix it thoroughly and then add 80 ml of milk, 1 whole egg and 1 tsp of baking powder.
3

Start working on the dough with your hand, and after 2 minutes add the mixture of yeast.
Throughout the time Knead the dough for approximately 6-7 minutes.
4

After kneeding the dough well enough, form it into a roll, cover it with a towl and let it rest for 1h and 30 minutes.
5

In the mean time in a pan, with 5ml of sunflower oil, add the ground beef, add 1 tbs of salt and vegeta(mixe spices) and 1 tsp of black pepper and let roast
6

Then go in with the spinach and once it's all roasted..set aside.
7

After the dough has risen up, Knead it for 3 minutes on a flour-ed surface and cut it into 7 pieces and make it into 7 rolls.
8

Open one of the rolls and layer it with a bit of sunflower oil.
And then add the spinach and ground beef mixture.
9

Roll it up, and repeat the same process with the next 6 rolls. Lay them in a squared baking pan and cut them as shown in the photo.
Let them rest for another 45 minutes, so they can rise again.
10

Aftery they have risen up for a second time, layer them with a little bit of sunflower oil and a 2 egg yolks with 2-3 tbs of milk mixture.
To top it off, sprinkle some sesame seeds, and put it in the oven for 35 minutes into 220°C..which in the mean time will be lowered to 200°C.
11

After 30 minutes of bakingz layer it with just a little bit of water. And place it back in the oven for another 5 minutes.
12

Once it's all done, serve it with some yoghurt of any kind, and enjoy it! 💛