Börek!

We haven't featured any food on this blog before but recently I shared a family recipe with a friend who owns a health-food store/cafe in Montreal. And since the food in this case is hand-made, the latest post in about a Börek making venture. Börek is the Turkish version of what many in Canada know as a spanakopita. All measurements are eye balled.


Phyllo pastry is layed down, all the ingredients are ready to go; couple of different kinds of cheese, onions and mushroom sauted in butter, finely chopped fresh herbs. Here we did a mixture of cilantro, dill, basil and for the cheese it was a mix of feta and old cheddar.


Sundried tomatoes... which are not in the traditional recipe...


And a mixture of egg, milk and sunflower oil...


Pack it all in there, brush it with lots of the egg-milk mixture and toss in the oven! And if you live in Montreal you can taste a börek at Essentiellement Sol, 3870 Rue Ontario, est. www.essentiellementsol.ca