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Cheese Borekas
Pastries

Cheese Borekas

Crisp cheese borekas in puff pastry — a classic Sephardi pastry, perfect for breakfast and as a snack

⏱ 55 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Pastry Filling

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the Bulgarian cheese, feta and egg, and season with salt and black pepper.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 2
    Roll out the dough on a work surface and cut into into squares of about 10 cm.
    Knife
  2. 3
    Place a spoonful of cooled filling in the center of each piece, fold into a triangle and seal the edges well with a fork.
    💡Seal well and press with a fork all along the edges, and don't overfill: a pastry that opens in the oven loses its filling, and in the fryer it fills with oil.
  3. 4
    Arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
    Baking panParchment paper
    💡Brush with an egg beaten with a teaspoon of water: the glaze turns shiny and golden, and the sesame sticks to it.
  4. 5
    Bake in an oven preheated to 190°C (375°F) 20–25 minutes, until the pastries are puffed and golden underneath too.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
233calories
8 gprotein
10 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 13%● carbs 17%● fat 70%

Per serving (79 g), of 8 servings

For the Pastry Filling · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

🧻 Consumables: Parchment paper

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