Banitza - Savoury Bulgarian Cheese Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g flour
• 50 ml oil (canola)
• 50 ml water
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• salt
• phyllo pastry sheet, instead
• 2 eggs
• 250 g bulgarian sheep cheese (or feta)
• 50 g butter (melted)
• 50 ml sparkling water
• 2 eggs

Recipe

• 1 prepare dough out of ingredients and separate in 6 equal portions.
• 2 let rest in fridge while preparing filling and custard.
• 3 crumble or mash cheese with a fork and mix with eggs, until mixture appears to be homogeneous.
• 4 roll out the 6 dough portions to thin sheets (rolling pin, dust surface with flour to prevent dough from sticking).
• 5 brush each sheet of dough with butter and put filling on them evenly.
• 6 roll up (cigar like) and form one large spiral out of the dough rolls in a buttered form attaching the end of one to the beginning of the next dough roll (rose shape might hit it optically :)).
• 7 mix sparkling water and 2 eggs and pour over banitza.
• 8 bake at 180°c until banitza is golden brown and custard and filling have set.
• 9 enjoy with green and/or tamatoe salad for instance.