Baked vegetable börek

Sheets of filo pastry filled with vegetables and feta, rolled up and baked until golden. Crisp and soft, these Turkish böreks make a sociable dish or a tasty nibble.

Preparation: 25 min  |  Cooking: 30 min  |  Servings: 4  |  Difficulty: Medium

Estimate per serving: 300 kcal · 11 g protein · 36 g carbohydrate · 13 g fat

Ingredients

• 6 sheets of filo pastry
• 300 g of spinach
• 100 g of feta
• 1 courgette
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp of olive oil

Method

1. Wilt the spinach and grated courgette, then mix with the feta.
2. Fill the filo sheets and roll them up.
3. Arrange in a dish and brush with beaten egg.
4. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 °C.

Nutritional benefits

Filo pastry is thin and much lower in fat than puff pastry, especially when baked with little oil. The spinach and feta filling provides iron, calcium and protein. A crisp, sociable Turkish dish, lighter than many pastries, best served with a salad.

Variations and substitutions

• Use potatoes or leeks.
• Fill with minced meat (the traditional version).
• Shape into a spiral (rolled börek).
• Use fromage blanc or cottage cheese instead of feta.

Storage and preparing ahead

Keep for 3 days and reheat in the oven to restore the crispness.

💡 Good to know

Brush the filo with a little oil or egg: that is enough to brown it without drowning the pastry in fat.

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The foods in this recipe: filo pastry · spinach · feta · courgette · egg.

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