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Bulgarian Chushki Burek (Bulgarian Peppers Burek)

At a Glance

Prep
35 minutes
Cook
15 minutes
Total
50 minutes
Servings
4 serving(s)

Categories

  • Cheese
  • Main Course
  • Bulgarian
  • European
  • Fried

Dietary

  • Vegetarian

Allergens

  • Milk
  • Eggs
  • Wheat

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 4. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 1139.6 per serving 4558.4 for selected servings
Fat 78.2g per serving 312.8g for selected servings
Sugar 16.8g per serving 67.2g for selected servings
Protein 38.3g per serving 153.2g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 73.3g per serving 293.2g for selected servings

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Equipment

Grill or frying pan, mixing bowls, frying pan, refrigerator

Ingredients

  • 8 bell peppers (red or green)
  • 500 g white feta cheese (from cow or sheep)
  • 100 g yellow cheese
  • 5 eggs
  • 300 g breadcrumbs
  • 3 -4 garlic cloves (smashed with a pinch of salt)
  • 1 tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon thyme
  • 2 teaspoons parsley
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (powder)
  • 150 g oil or 150 g olive oil
  • 500 g Bulgarian yogurt or 500 g sour plain yogurt
  • 2 garlic cloves, smashed with
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 teaspoons dill
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. For the sauce:.

  2. Mix together the garlic and the spices and then add the yoghurt and then the oil and the vinegar.

  3. Cool the sauce in the fridge before you serve it.

  4. For the peppers:.

  5. Barbecue the peppers (or fry them without oil) until their skin becomes dark brown (be careful not to burn the peppers). Then peel off the skin, clean the handle and the seeds from inside.

  6. Grind the white feta cheese, the yellow cheese and the tomato and mix them all together. You can add 100ml of the feta cheese water so that the mixture will not be too thick.

  7. Mix 1 egg and add them to the cheese mixture then add all the spices.

  8. Fill the peppers with the ready cheese mixture.

  9. In two separate bowls put the bread crumbs and in the other mix 4 eggs with a pinch of salt and a pinch of baking powder.

  10. Boil in a pan oil at 180°C and then dip the already filled peppers in the bowl with the eggs, then in the bowl with the bread crumbs, and then again in the eggs and fry them in the oil.

  11. Serve the peppers hot with a sour sauce.

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Source: https://www.food.com/recipe/bulgarian-chushki-burek-bulgarian-peppers-burek-202876

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