Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Home made Phyllo dough and Turkish Borek


ingredients :

for dough :
  • 4 cups of all purpose flour
  • 4 t.spoon of melted butter or margarine
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 t.spoon of salt
  • 1 cup of hot water
 for the filling :  
  • 8 t.spoons melted butter (to brush the dough)
  • 16 oz ground beef
  • 1 onion (chopped)
topping:
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 table spoons of plain yogurt
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda


1. Stew the ground beef until for 10-15 minutes



add chopped onion and cook covered another 10-15 minutes...

Put 4 cups of flour in a bowl, add water, egg, salt and melted butter



kneed until you get  a smooth and soft dough. Cover it and let stand for 30 minutes


Make the topping. Beat the eggs, yogurt, baking soda. Set aside.


divide the dough into 6 "balls"


* Note:  use corn starch instead of flour to roll the dough

roll each "ball" out as thin as you can


 if you want you can roll 2 balls at once. Roll 1st one in a size of serving plate,
sift starch over it and put the second rolled dough




and roll

don't worry, they won't stick!


you can see now, how thin are they...


brush the dough with the melted butter


put 1/6 of filling (in room temperature)

and roll as rolls

then, place the phyllo dough rolls in a round greased pan as you can see in a picture below
and spread the topping over the dough.



Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown


Cover it with foil and let stand for 10-15 minutes.
You can serve it now and enjoy !!!



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