Ricotta Bourekia
Bourekia is a pastry made with a skinny flaky dough phyllo, full of ricotta and laced with cinnamon and icing sugar.
The pastry
500g plain flour
four tbls olive oil
Pinch of sugar
Sufficient water to kind a gentle dough, about 2 cups.
Gently rub the olive oil via the flour together with your finger suggestions together with with the sugar.
Add the water to kind a gentle dough.
Relaxation the dough for at the very least an hour.
The filling
1 and half cups of ricotta, I used the gentle ricotta and was pleasantly shocked. Usually you’ll use recent ricotta strained nicely.
Add to the ricotta 1 tsp of cinnamon and a couple of tbls of sugar.
Roll out your dough actually skinny, add a dollop of the ricotta. Add one other layer of the phyllo excessive and lower out little circles, similar to within the pic.
Seal with a fork across the edges.
Shallow fry them on medium warmth till golden brown.
When cool, sprinkle icing sugar, cinnamon.
I additionally drizzled natural hellenicgift honey on mine 🤤 crispy on the skin and creamy within the center, doesn’t get higher than that.
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