How to Prepare the famous Banitsa, a typical Bulgarian dish
April 5th, 2007
Banitsa (pronounced “BAH-nit-sa”) is a traditional Bulgarian dish eaten at any meal, and one of my favourites. Here’s the recipe…
What you need:
- 2 packets of filo dough (Bulgarian “fini kori” or filo from the frozen desserts section)
- 500 grams of white cheese (Bulgarian sirene or feta cheese)
- 1 tea cup of oil
Ingredients for the topping:
- 6 eggs
- 1,5 cup of soda-water
- 2 cups yogurt
- 0,5 tea spoon of baking soda
- 1 tea spoon of salt
How to make it:
Start laying the filo dough in a buttered baking dish. You should take in turns: 1 sheet filo dough, then spread some oil with the edge of a tea spoon, then another sheet of dough, etc. In 2 or 3 places include some crushed cheese all over the layer. Once finished, cut into the desired serving pieces. Then prepare the topping, until the oven is preheated up to 240 C. Mix the eggs, the yogurt and the rest of the ingredients. Pour the mixture over the banitsa and make sure there are no pieces of the filo dough left dry.
Bake for 15 minutes at the beginning then lower the temperature to 190 C and bake for another 15 minutes, or till golden. Enjoy!
