Time To Go Baah-ck to Tradition with a Traditional Armenian Pastry

Time To Go Baah-ck to Tradition with a Traditional Armenian Pastry

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Cheese-filled Boeregs

A tasty pastry morsel filled with herbs and sheep's cheese.

Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Armenian
Keyword boereg, sheeps cheese
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 48
Author Abba Lee

Ingredients

Feta Filling

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 medium white onion chopped
  • 1/4 tspn nutmeg grated
  • 1/4 tspn ground cumin
  • 10 oz frozen spinach thawed and drained
  • 1/3 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley chopped
  • 3/4 cup rodopa cheese
  • 1 large egg

Melted Kashkaval Filling

  • 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 tbsp fresh chives
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 lb kashkaval cheese grated

Assembly

  • 1 lb frozen filo dough thawed
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter melted
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tspn water
  • 1 cup sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Feta filling: Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Sauté until translucent. Add nutmeg and cumin and stir. Remove the pan from the heat and let cool completely.

  2. In a food processor, pulse the spinach, parsley, rodopa cheese, egg, and the onion mixture until it becomes a chunky paste. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.

  3. Melted Kashkaval filling: Add parsley, chives, egg, and Kashkaval cheese to the food processor and pulse until it becomes a chunky paste. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.

  4. Preheat your oven to 375°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

  5. Boeregs: Unroll the filo dough and cut crosswise into 3½-inch wide strips. Cover the dough with a damp towel while filling the boeregs.

  6. Lay a strip of dough lengthwise on a cutting board. Brush a thin layer of butter down the length of the dough. Scoop ½ tablespoon of filling at the top center of the strip. Fold the top left corner of the dough over the filling to make a triangle. Brush more butter on the top, then continue folding and brushing until you reach the end of the dough strip. Transfer to a baking sheet and cover with a kitchen towel. Repeat with the remaining dough strips and filling.

  7. In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks with water.

  8. Brush the egg wash over the boeregs, then sprinkle with the sesame seeds.

  9. Bake boeregs for 10-12 minutes or until golden, flaky, and crispy.

 

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