Banitsa (Bulgarian pastry dish)

Total: 55 min. | Active: 20 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 8 pieces

Filling
eggs
300 g plain greek yoghurt
3 tsp baking powder
1 dl sparkling mineral water
Banitsa
250 g filo pastry, cut in half
40 g butter, melted
200 g feta, crumbled

How it's done

Filling

Using the whisk on a mixer, beat the eggs in a bowl. Mix in the yoghurt and baking powder. Pour in the water.

Banitsa

Carefully unfold the pastry sheets, gather 4 half sheets individually in the prepared tin, brush with a little butter. Top with ¼ of the filling and ¼ of the feta. Repeat the process with the remainder of the pastry sheets, filling and feta.

Bake

Approx. 35 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 200 °C. Remove, allow to cool slightly, serve the banitsa warm or cold.

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