Bosnian & Sandžak
Burek (Bosnian Meat Pita)
A great golden spiral of hand-stretched pastry coiled around spiced minced beef and onion, baked until crisp outside and meltingly soft within — the Balkans' most beloved bake, and in Bosnia strictly the *meat* one.
2 hr 15 min · Serves 6 · Takes some skill
6
Ingredients
Pastry
Filling
Assembly
Method
Start cooking mode- Prep 90 min · Cook 45 min · 135 min total
- hard
- 1
Mix raw minced beef with grated onion and seasoning (the filling goes in raw — it cooks in the pastry).
- 2
Lay a long strip of jufka, oil it, spread filling along its length, roll into a rope, then coil into a spiral in a round pan.
- 3
Bake until deep golden and crisp; brush with a little water or milk near the end for the traditional soft-crisp finish.
Notes and swaps
- Not assessed yet. Check each ingredient if you have an allergy.
