Middle-Eastern Bourekas
Middle-Eastern Bourekas

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, middle-eastern bourekas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Middle-Eastern Bourekas is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Middle-Eastern Bourekas is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Bourekas are a Middle Eastern puff pastry treat that you will instantly fall in love with at first bite. These particular easy-to-make cheese bourekas are filled with crumbled feta, fresh mozzarella, a generous amount of fresh parsley, and a hint of lemon zest. Not only are they fresh, airy, and flakey, they're also pillowy puffs of cheesy goodness.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook middle-eastern bourekas using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Middle-Eastern Bourekas:
  1. Get Pre-made puff pastry
  2. Take 350 g cream cheese
  3. Prepare 150 g red leicester, grated
  4. Get 150 g cheddar, grated
  5. Make ready 150 g edam, grated
  6. Get 2 eggs
  7. Make ready Sesame seeds
  8. Prepare Poppy seeds

Bourekas are delicious Middle Eastern pastries filled with potatoes, mushrooms, cheese, or meat. You will find these stuffed pastries in Israel and throughout the Middle East. Middle-Eastern style puff pastry pockets filled with cheese. Great served as an appetizer or the traditional Israeli way for breakfast with salad, olives, cheese, and plain yogurt.

Steps to make Middle-Eastern Bourekas:
  1. Roll out the puff pastry on a floured surface until about the thickness of a penny.
  2. Cut out even squares of pastry, around 15cm wide.
  3. Combine the cheese and 1 egg. Spoon this mixture on to the squares of pastry.
  4. Fold over the corner on one side to meet the other and bind with a wet finger. Press together with a fork.
  5. Brush the tops with the other egg, whisked. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and poppy seeds.
  6. Bake at 180C for 30 minutes, until golden brown.

Could also be filled with leftover mashed potatoes, or a spinach and feta mixture. Last week I decided to make a meat dish as well: a simple Middle Eastern food called bourekas. These filled puff pastry pockets, parcels or triangles are eaten in many countries, from Turkey to Bosnia, and are very popular here in Israel. Sweet Cheese Bourekas are a delicious Middle Eastern hand pies. They make a perfect dessert or a breakfast treat.

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