Banitsa is a very tasty Bulgarian cuisine dish. It is prepared from filo dough - thinly rolled sheets of dough, which are oiled and sprinkled with filling. The filling for the banitsa can be very different: from feta cheese, cottage cheese, pumpkin, spinach, cabbage and other ingredients.
Cooking time: 1, 5 hours.
Servings: 10.
In 100 g 380 kcal.
Ingredients for the dough:
- Flour - 500 g;
- Cold water - 1, 5 glasses;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Vinegar - 1 tbsp the spoon;
- Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- Soda - 0.5 tsp.
Ingredients for the filling:
- Rice - 0.5 cups;
- Eggs - 3 pcs.;
- Milk - 200 ml.;
- Cheese - 250 g;
- Salt to taste.
Preparation:
1. In a bowl, combine the egg, salt, one and a half glasses of cold water, baking soda, vinegar and vegetable oil. Add flour little by little. The dough should not be too steep. Knead the dough and leave to rest for 30 minutes. Divide into 18 parts. Roll each part into a thin layer and grease with vegetable oil. Make 6 flatbreads by stacking three pieces of dough on top of each other.
2. Boil rice, cool and mix with eggs, milk, salt and chopped feta cheese. Put the cakes on a greased baking sheet, put the filling on them. Put surprises in one of the layers - small paper notes with wishes, evenly distributing them throughout the cake.
3. Cover the jar with the last layer of dough, pinch the edges, brush with butter and bake for 30-40 minutes at 180-190 degrees.
