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Börek are filled savory pastries popular throughout the former Ottoman Empire. They are made of a thin flaky dough known as phyllo or yufka, and are filled with salty cheese (often feta), minced meat, potatoes or other vegetables. Borek may be prepared in a large pan and cut into portions after baking, or as individual pastries. The top of the borek is often sprinkled with sesame seeds. Image File history File links Wikibooks-logo-en. ... Wikibooks logo Wikibooks, previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia-Textbooks, is a wiki for the creation of books. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 Ã— 768 pixel, file size: 110 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A Photograph of three small Cheese Bourekases and Two Turkish Potato-filled Bourekases from Israel. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 Ã— 768 pixel, file size: 110 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A Photograph of three small Cheese Bourekases and Two Turkish Potato-filled Bourekases from Israel. ... Ottoman redirects here. ... Phyllo (also spelled filo) dough is used in thin layers to make pastries and originated in Mediterranean cuisine. ... Yufka is a thin, round and unleavened flat bread (40-50 cm in diameter) made from especially wheat flour, water and table salt. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... Country of origin Greece Region, town N/A Source of milk Goat, sheep or mixture of these Pasteurised Depends on variety Texture Depends on variety Aging time min. ...

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Börek originated in Turkish cuisine (cf. Baklava) and is one of its most significant and, in fact, ancient elements, having been developed by the Turks of Central Asia before their westward migration to Anatolia ^[1] ^[2]. Börek in Turkish refers to any dish made with "yufka", the Turkish word for phyllo pastry. The Turkish language is unique in having an extensive semantics associated with the word börek. Consequently, most of the time, the word "börek" is accompanied by a descriptive word referring to the shape, ingredients, technique for cooking or a specific region where it is typically prepared, for example, kol böreği, su böreği, talaş böreği, tatar böreği or sarıyer böreği. Cuisine of Turkey is highly influenced by its Ottoman heritage, and thus, it is a fusion and refinement of Turkic, Arabic, Persian and Greek cuisines [1]. Ottomans fused various culinary traditions of their realm, with particular influences from Middle Eastern cuisines, along with traditional Turkic elements from Central Asia such... Baklava is prepared on large trays and cut into a variety of shapes Baklava or Baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman countries. ... This article is about two nested areas of Turkey, a plateau region within a peninsula. ... Yufka is a thin, round and unleavened flat bread (40-50 cm in diameter) made from especially wheat flour, water and table salt. ... Phyllo (also spelled filo) dough is used in thin layers to make pastries and originated in Mediterranean cuisine. ...

Other languages, which have borrowed the word, use it in a specific and narrow sense, where it refers only to dishes prepared with yufka/phyllo. In Turkish, the word has a wider range of meanings, however, and can refer to puff pastry, known as nemse börek in Turkish, and other types where the dough is processed somewhat differently from the standard yufka recipe. Some exaples are su böreği, where the sheets are boiled briefly before layering, and saray böreği (palace börek) where butter is rolled between the sheets ^[1]. Wikibooks Cookbook has an article on Puff pastry Apple turnover, made with puff pastry In baking, a puff pastry (French: pÃ¢te feuilletÃ©e; Spanish: hojaldre) is a light, flaky pastry made from dough of the same name. ...

The name comes from the Turkic root bur- 'to twist',^[3]^[4] (similar to Serbian word savijača (from savijati - to twist) which also describes a layered dough dish) or possibly from Persian būrek.^[5] The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are traditionally considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family. ... Farsi redirects here. ...

Börek (Turkey)

Börek is the name used for pastries made with phyllo dough. Su böreği ("water börek") is the most common type. Layers of dough are boiled in large pans, then, between the boiled dough layers, a mixture of cheese, parsley and oil is scattered. Sigara böreği ("cigar börek," named for its shape) is often filled with feta cheese, potato, parsley and sometimes with minced meat or sausage. A variety of vegetables, herbs and spices are used in böreks such as spinach, nettle, leek, potato, eggplant, courgette, ground black pepper, etc.

Kürt böreği ("Kurdish börek") is a fillingless börek, often served with powdered sugar sprinkled on top. Confectioners sugar Powdered sugar (in Britain, Australia, Canada, and most of the Commonwealth icing sugar) is a very finely ground form of sugar that is synonymous with confectioners sugar. ...

Boereg (Armenia)

In Armenia, Boeregs are stuffed with cheese. They are also stuffed with other substances such as spinach or ground beef, and the filling is typically spiced.

Burek (former Yugoslavia)

In the former Yugoslavia, burek is not used in a hyperonymous sense (like pie, cake, etc.), as in Turkish. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (454x655, 190 KB) BuregdÅ¾inica in Zagreb, Croatia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (454x655, 190 KB) BuregdÅ¾inica in Zagreb, Croatia. ... Location of Zagreb within Croatia Coordinates: , Country RC diocese 1094 Free royal city 1242 Unified 1850 Government - Mayor Milan BandiÄ‡ Area [1] - Total 641. ... A hypernym (in Greek υπερνύμιον, literally meaning extra name) is a linguistic term for a word whose meaning includes the meanings of other words, as the meaning of transportation includes the meaning of train, chariot, dogsled, airplane, and automobile. ...

Burek is regularly on offer at all bakeries, and usually eaten as "fast food". It is often consumed with yoghurt. Apart from being sold at bakeries, burek is sold in specialized stores selling burek (or pitas) and yogurt exclusively (buregdžinica). Those shops were actually the only type of bakery to exist before the 1800s^{[citation needed]}. A baker prepares fresh rolls A baker is someone who primarily bakes and sells bread. ... Fast food is food prepared and served quickly at a fast-food restaurant or shop at low cost. ... Yoghurt or yogurt, less commonly yoghourt or yogourt (see spelling below), is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. ...

Serbian and Macedonian (round) burek

In Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia, burek is made from thick dough layers, pressed with layers of stuffing and a lot of fat in a circular baking pan and topped with one final big layer. Traditional stuffings are stewed ground meat and cheese. Prazan burek ("empty burek", i.e. without filling) is also made. Additional variants include fillings of apple, sour cherry, mushrooms, and a modern variant of "pizza" burek. Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... This article is about the fruit. ... Binomial name Prunus cerasus L. The Sour Cherry or Morello Cherry, (Prunus cerasus) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. ... For other uses, see Mushroom (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pizza (disambiguation). ...

The recipe for modern "round" burek was developed in the Serbian town Niš, where it was introduced by a famous Turkish baker, Mehmed Oglu, from Istanbul in 1498.^[6] Nis redirects here. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ...

"Serbian" burek became popular in Croatia and in Slovenia in the 2nd half of the 20th century.^{[citation needed]} The first burek in Zagreb was made by famous Albanian bakers near the main railway station (Kolodvor) after World War II.^{[citation needed]} There it's known simply as burek, too. Location of Zagreb within Croatia Coordinates: , Country RC diocese 1094 Free royal city 1242 Unified 1850 Government - Mayor Milan BandiÄ‡ Area [1] - Total 641. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Niš hosts an annual burek competition called Buregdžijada. In 2005, a 100 kg/200 lb. burek was made, with a diameter of 2 meters / 6 feet^[7]and it's considered to have been the biggest burek ever made.^[8] Image File history File links Burek_trokut_3. ... Image File history File links Burek_trokut_3. ... Nis redirects here. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... â€œKgâ€ redirects here. ... DIAMETER is a computer networking protocol for AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ...

Bosnian (rolled) burek

In Bosnia and Herzegovina the word burek refers to pastry dish only when it's filled with meat. Thin dough layers are stuffed and then rolled and cut into spirals (resembling an American cinnamon bun). The same dish with cottage cheese is called sirnica, one with spinach and cheese zeljanica, one with potatoes krompiruša, and all of them are generically referred to as pita (trans. pie). This kind of dough dish is also popular in Macedonia, and Croatia, where it was imported by Bosnian Croats, and is usually called rolani burek (= rolled burek). Image File history File links Motani_burek_1. ... Image File history File links Motani_burek_1. ... A cinnamon roll (also cinnamon bun) is a type of pastry found commonly in North America. ... Binomial name Spinacia oleracea L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation). ... This article is about the baked good, for other uses see Pie (disambiguation). ...

In Serbian towns Bosnian pastry dishes were imported by war refugees in the 1990s, and are usually called sarajevske pite or bosanske pite (Sarajevo/Bosnian pies). Similar dishes, although somewhat wider and with thinner dough layers are called savijača or just "pita" in Serbia. However, these are usually homemade and not traditionally offered in bakeries.

In Bosnia, burek only refers to one special dough dish filled with meat. There is a tendency in Croatia, to use the word burek only for cheese preparations unless modified by some descriptor. In Macedonia, burek can be also stuffed with cheese and sometimes with spinach. In Serbia, one always specifies the type of stuffing (burek sa mesom - 'burek with meat', for instance).

Byrek (Albania)

In Albania, this dish is called "Byrek shqiptar me perime" ('Albanian vegetable pie') assuming it contains strictly vegetables. sometimes meat and cheese, also pumpkin (which is sweet); it is also often spelled "burek", especially among Albanians in Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro, as well as Albanian-American emigrants from Kosovo.
Albanian byrek are typically savoury, not sweet, and are often served as the main dish of a meal. Image File history File links Wikibooks-logo-en. ... Wikibooks logo Wikibooks, previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia-Textbooks, is a wiki for the creation of books. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country in Europe. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Бюрек, Byurek (Bulgaria)

The Bulgarian version of the pastry, locally called byurek (Cyrillic: бюрек), is typically regarded as a variation of banitsa (баница), a similar Bulgarian dish. Bulgarian byurek is a type of banitsa with cheese (sirene), with the difference being that byurek also has eggs added.^[9] The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Banitsa is a Macedonian village located in Aegean Macedonia, now known as Northern Greece. ... http://malincho. ...

In Bulgarian, the word byurek has also come to be applied to other dishes similarly prepared with cheese and eggs, such as chushka byurek (чушка бюрек), a peeled and roasted pepper filled with cheese, and tikvichka byurek (тиквичка бюрек), blanched or uncooked bits of squash with a cheese and eggs filling.^[9] Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

Cheburek (Russia)

The Russian version, called "cheburek" (Cyrillic: чебурек) is made from unleavened dough filled with ground lamb, onions and spices, fried in oil. It is a common street food in Russia and other former ex-USSR countries like Ukraine and Georgia. The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... A portable night-time Tex-Mex street-food stand outside the Helsinki railway station, Finland. ...

Μπουρέκι, Bouréki, or Μπουρεκάκι, Bourekáki (Greece)

In Greece, boureki (μπουρέκι [bur'eki]) or bourekaki (μπουρεκάκι [bure'kaki], the diminutive form of the word), are small pastries made with phyllo dough or with pastry crust. A special type of boureki exists in the local cuisine of Crete and especially in the area of Chania. It is made with sliced zucchini, sliced potatoes, mizithra or feta cheese and spearmint. The mixture can be covered by a thick layer of traditional phyllo (pastry crust), but it is quite common to be left plain as well. For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation). ... Chania (Greek Î§Î±Î½Î¹Î¬ pronounced , also transliterated Hania, older form Chanea and Venetian: Canea, Ottoman Turkish: Ø®Ø§Ù†ÙŠÙ‡ Hanya) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania Prefecture. ... This article is about the fruit. ... Mizithra (Greek: ÎœÏ…Î¶Î®Î¸ÏÎ±, feminine gender) is a traditional, unpasteurized cheese, made from sheeps and/or goats whey with the addition of milk. ... Country of origin Greece Region, town N/A Source of milk Goat, sheep or mixture of these Pasteurised Depends on variety Texture Depends on variety Aging time min. ... Binomial name Mentha spicata Crantz Spearmint (Mentha spicata, syn ) is a species of mint native to central and southern Europe, where it grows in wet soils. ...

Galaktoboureko is phyllo dough filled with custard. Galaktoboureko (Greek: Î“Î±Î»Î±ÎºÏ„Î¿Î¼Ï€Î¿ÏÏÎµÎºÎ¿) is a Greek dessert made with phyllo dough that is stuffed with lemon custard, and baked with a clear syrup. ...

Bourekas (Israel)

Bourekas (Hebrew:בורקס) is made out of puff pastry filled with various fillings. Among the most popular fillings are cheese, mashed potato , spinach, eggplant, pizza-flavor, and mushrooms. Wikibooks Cookbook has an article on Puff pastry Apple turnover, made with puff pastry In baking, a puff pastry (French: pÃ¢te feuilletÃ©e; Spanish: hojaldre) is a light, flaky pastry made from dough of the same name. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... Mashed potatoes. ... Binomial name Spinacia oleracea L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Aubergine redirects here. ... For other uses, see Pizza (disambiguation). ... Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ...

Israeli bourekas come in several shapes, which are indicative of their fillings. The laws of kashrut (kosher) require avoiding eating dairy pastries together with ones containing meat, and therefore conventionally there are distinctive shapes to indicate different types of filling of bourekas. Cheese bourekas come in right-angled and isosceles triangles, and have two different sizes. Potato-filled bourekas come in a box shape. Bourekas with a pizza filling resemble a concentric tower, while spinach filled bourekas resemble a pastry knot. There are also the so-called "Turkish bourekas" which form rounded equilateral triangles, and are filled with various fillings, whose type can usually be determined by an additional element on the outside. The circled U indicates that this product is certified as kosher by the Orthodox Union (OU). ...

Brik (Tunisia)

Brik is a Tunisian burek, often fried; its best-known variant is composed of a whole egg in a triangular pastry pocket with chopped onion and parsley. Brik (pronounced breek) is a Tunisian dish composed of a whole egg in a triangular pastry pocket with chopped onion and parsley. ...

Burek as a cultural reference

In urban areas of the former SFR Yugoslavia, a common šatrovački variety of burek is called rekbu. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... Å atrovaÄki is a feature of permuting syllables of words used in Serbo-Croat (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian) and Macedonian. ...

There is also a musical album by the Bosnian pop singer Dino Merlin with this name. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Edin DerviÅ¡halidoviÄ‡ (born 12 September 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFRY), stage name Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and musician. ...

Slovenian hip-hop artist Ali En (now named Dalaj Egol) recorded a song named "Burek" which was a major hit in Slovenia.

Macedonian comedians, known under the name K-15, in their musical group called Duo-Trio, recorded a song called "Burek", and it was all about the dish.

The name of the biggest Internet forum in Serbia is Burek Forum. A typical Internet forum discussion, with common elements such as quotes and spoiler brackets A page from a forum showcasing emoticons and Internet slang An Internet forum is a web application for holding discussions and posting user generated content. ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ...

Anri Sala, an Albanian video artist, has a work entitled Byrek, featuring an old Albanian woman in Brussels making byreks, mostly in close-ups of her hands. His grandmother had sent him a letter with her recipe but it was far too difficult for him to make himself, so he had to track down someone who could make them. Anri Sala is a contemporary Albanian artist born in Tirana in 1974. ...

"Bourekas films" is an Israeli film genre that was popular in Israel during the 60's and the 70's.

To this day in Turkey, one may hear an expression often used by the poor, and even by the middle class, saying, "I am not rich enough to eat baklava and burek every day." Baklava is prepared on large trays and cut into a variety of shapes Baklava or Baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman countries. ...

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