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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Borek With Cheese & Spinach

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 10
  • 8 ounces ricotta cheese (or you can use cottage cheese, drained for 5 minutes in a sieve)
  • 2 -3 ounces feta cheese (i use french)
  • 1/4 small onion (or 2 tbsp grated)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach
  • 1/8 teaspoon cumin (optional)
  • 1 pinch nutmeg
  • 1 pinch white pepper
  • 4 large frozen puff pastry sheets (or 1 pkg 5x5 frozen puff pastry sheets)
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Recipe

  • 1 defrost spinach and squeeze all liquid out.
  • 2 put cheeses, onion, eggs, cumin, nutmeg, and pepper in the food processor. pulse till well mixed.
  • 3 add spinach and pulse a few times.
  • 4 cut puff pastry into 5x5 squares for a large breakfast or meal-size serving. for appetizer or snack, cut puff pastry into.
  • 5 2 1/2x5 inch strips.
  • 6 fill each square with approximately 2 tbsp filling in the middle. fold pastry over to create a triangle. pinch sides very well with your fingers, so that filling won't escape. for the smaller strips, use 1-2 tsp filling on bottom half of strip and fold strip over to make a square. seal well.
  • 7 brush each one with milk and sprinkle sesame.
  • 8 seeds over.
  • 9 bake approximately 20 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet, or until browned & puffed up.
  • 10 cool 5 minutes before serving.

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