Sigara Böreği
 
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Turkish
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 package triangular shaped yufka-sheets (about 25 sheets -turkish store)
  • 300 g beyaz peynir or feta cheese
  • 1 handful of parsley, finely chopped
  • water
  • rapeseed or sunflower oil
Instructions
  1. Prepare the filling first by squishing the feta cheese or beyaz peynir as finely as you can. Mix with parsley and set aside.
  2. Arrange your workspace: Put a clean and slightly wet towel on your surface. You need a bowl with water, your filling, the yufka sheets and a clean plate in arms length!
  3. Now you can start rolling your Sigara Böreği: Place one sheet of yufka on your towel, the wide side facing towards you. Sprinkle with water, especially the sides that will be folded in!
  4. Take some of your filling (about 1 tablespoon) and distribute in a line near the end of the round side of the triangular. Fold the sides in and roll your Sigara Böreği up! Tip the pointy end of your yufka into your bowl with water and close the roll. Set aside on your plate and continue until all the yufka sheets are used up!
  5. Heat the oil in a wide pan. You need about 1 cm of oil in your pan. Use a wooden spoon to test if the oil is already hot enough. There will be bubbles forming on the spoon when you put a corner of it into the oil. When the oil is hot enough put some Sigara Böreği in. They have to be in one layer and you need a little bit of space to turn them. Turn them once after the bottom side is golden and lay them on a paper towel to drain excess oil when you take them out.
  6. Enjoy preferably with some salad or çaçik!
Notes
I have tried to make them with less oil already but the results were always a disaster! The dough was still raw inside and the outside was burned and it never got crispy and flakey.
Recipe by ginger, lemon & spice at http://gingerlemonandspice.com/2013/07/sigara-boregi/