Banitsa
Bulgaria's spiral of plenty: flaky filo layered with sirene cheese and eggs, baked in coils — eaten for breakfast, New Year (with lucky charms inside) and every day between. Ingredients: filo pastry, sirene cheese, eggs, yogurt, butter or oil, baking soda, sparkling water (a lightness trick).
What it is
Bulgaria's spiral of plenty: flaky filo layered with sirene cheese and eggs, baked in coils — eaten for breakfast, New Year (with lucky charms inside) and every day between. Ingredients: filo pastry, sirene cheese, eggs, yogurt, butter or oil, baking soda, sparkling water (a lightness trick). Recipe: 1) Crumble cheese; mix with eggs and yogurt. 2) Brush filo sheets; scatter filling; roll loosely. 3) Coil the rolls into a round pan, spiralling inward. 4) Brush with butter; bake until risen and deep gold. Serve: with ayran or boza; at New Year a banitsa hides lucky charms (kysmeti) in its coils. Flavor: crisp, salty, tangy-rich. History: banitsa descends from Ottoman börek traditions but became Bulgaria's defining pastry — no holiday table is without it. See also: Shopska Salad, Kavarma.
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