Ispanaklı Su Böreği * Water Borek with Spinach
Author: April Ozbilgin
Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Turkish
- For the Dough:
- 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 2 Cups Semolina Flour
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Tablespoon Vinegar
- 1½ Cup +/- Warm Water
- For the filling:
- 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 Small Onion
- 12 - 16 Ounces Fresh Spinach
- Pinch of salt (you will only need a pinch because the cheese is salty)
- 8 ounces White Cheese (Feta)
- 8 ounces Kashar (You can substitute Aged Cheddar)
- ½ Bunch of Fresh Parsley
- 3-4 Tablespoons Fresh Dill
- For the Layers and Topping:
- 1 Stick of melted butter
- ½ Cup Yogurt
- 1 Large Egg
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the all purpose flour with the semolina flour.
- Combine the warm water with the salt and vinegar.
- Pour into the flour and mix well with your hands.
- Knead until the dough is well combined and no longer sticky.
- Take a small piece of the dough and it should feel like the texture of your earlobe.
- Cover with a slightly damp cloth.
- Let rest for 20 minutes or longer.
- While the dough is resting, you can prepare your filling.
- Saute the onion in olive oil until translucent.
- Add in the spinach and sprinkle with salt.
- Cook 3-5 minutes then remove from heat to cool.
- Crumble the white cheese into a bowl.
- Chop the kaşar cheese into cubes and add to the white cheese.
- Add the chopped parsley and the dill.
- When the dough has rested, roll into a log and slice into 10 equal pieces.
- Roll each piece of dough to 1/16 inch. Try to roll the dough in the general shape of your pan.
- Stack the rolled dough. You can sprinkle a very light dusting of flour between each sheet if you are worried about them sticking.
- When you are almost finished rolling all the dough, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Melt the butter and coat the bottom of a large deep baking dish lightly with the butter.
- Place one of the uncooked pasta sheets on the bottom and drizzle with some of the melted butter.
- Reserve one pasta sheet for the top.
- Cook the pasta sheets, 2 at a time in the boiling, salted water for 1 minute.
- Carefully remove them to a big bowl of ice water and then to a colander.
- Repeat 2 more times with the remaining 6 pasta sheets.
- While the pasta is cooking, go ahead and place one layer down and then drizzle with the butter.
- Drizzle some of the yogurt and egg mixture.
- At this point, pre-heat your oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
- After 5 total layers of pasta, spread the spinach mixture and then the cheese mixture completely and evenly over the surface.
- Continue with the cooked pasta layers, butter and yogurt mixture.
- Place the reserved uncooked pasta sheet on top, drizzle with butter and then spread the remaining yogurt and egg mixture over the top.
- Place in the oven and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until golden.
This delicious dish is great served with Turkish Çay (Tea).
Recipe by In The Kitchen With April at http://www.inthekitchenwithapril.com/2014/07/ispanakli-su-boregi-or-water-borek-with-spinach.html
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