Banitsa with cheese (Bulgarian cheese pie)
Recipe
- 6 portions
- Medium Difficulty
- 1 h. 5 min.
- 585 calories
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The perfect banitsa with cheese should be both crispy and juicy, not too greasy, but not dry, smell of butter and make you eat more and more.
Products:
- 1 pack of filo dough
- 100 g butter
- 300 g Bulgarian cheese (or feta cheese)
- 50 ml carbonated water
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup of Bulgarian yoghurt
- 1 sunflower oil
Instructions:
- Mix the eggs with the cheese and yogurt.
- Melt the butter.
- Layer two banitsa (pastry) sheets, pour them with melted butter, put some of the filling and roll it up.
- Place in an oiled round baking pan and proceed in the same way with the remaining banitsa (pastry) sheets and filling.
- Drizzle the banitsa with the remaining melted butter, sprinkle with sparkling water and bake in oven at 180 °C until golden brown.
- Serve while warm, with yogurt or kefir.
Caution: Contains eggs, which may cause allergic reactions.
Caution: Contains banitsa (pastry) sheets, which may cause allergic reactions.
Caution: Contains cheese which may cause allergic reactions.
Caution: Contains yogurt, which can cause allergic reactions.
Caution: Contains butter, which may cause allergic reactions.
