Banitsa (Cheese Pastry)
- (For the pastry)
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. salt
- 2 eggs
- flour (as much as can be absorbed)
- 50 g yeast
- (For the filling)
- 400 g white cheese
- 2 eggs
- 400 g yoghurt
- butter
If you prepare the filo pastry from scratch, mix the milk, salt, sugar, eggs, yeast and flour and allow the dough to rise. Otherwise, buy ready-made filo sheets.
Tear small balls from the dough and roll out on a floured surface. Place the rolled-out sheet on aluminium foil. Spread a mixture of the eggs and cheese on each sheet. Use the foil to roll up the sheet. The rolled-up sheets are placed on a baking tray in the form of a spiral. Bake in a preheated oven at 200-250 °C until brown.
If you prepare the filo pastry from scratch, mix the milk, salt, sugar, eggs, yeast and flour and allow the dough to rise.
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