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Borek with Cheese and Spinach

A Turkish pastry of ricotta cheese, spinach and puff pastry, seasoned with cumin and nutmeg and baked in the oven.

50 min · Serves 10 · Easy

Serves
10

Ingredients

Time
Prep 30 min · Cook 20 min · 50 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Defrost spinach and squeeze all liquid out. Put cheeses, onion, eggs, cumin, nutmeg, and pepper in the food processor. Pulse till well mixed.

  2. 2

    Add spinach and pulse a few times. Cut puff pastry into 5x5 squares for a large breakfast or meal-size serving. For appetizer or snack, cut puff pastry into.

  3. 3

    2 1/2x5 inch strips. Fill each square with approximately 2 tbsp filling in the middle. Fold pastry over to create a triangle. Pinch sides very well with your fingers, so that filling won't escape. For the smaller strips, use 1-2 tsp filling on bottom half of strip and fold strip over to make a square. Seal well.

  4. 4

    Brush each one with milk and sprinkle sesame. Seeds over. Bake approximately 20 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet, or until browned & puffed up. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

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