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Simple Bulgarian Banitsa

At a Glance

Prep
15 minutes
Cook
30 minutes
Total
45 minutes
Servings
1 banitsa, 8 serving(s)

Categories

  • One Dish Meal
  • Bulgarian
  • Baked
  • Easy

Dietary

  • Vegetarian

Allergens

  • Milk
  • Eggs
  • Wheat

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 8. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 411.5 per serving 3292 for selected servings
Fat 30.4g per serving 243.2g for selected servings
Sugar 1.7g per serving 13.6g for selected servings
Protein 11.6g per serving 92.8g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 23.1g per serving 184.8g for selected servings

Banitsa is a very popular dish in Bulgaria, there are many ways to make it and variations in ingredients. My recipe is simple and has always came out great.

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Equipment

9x13-inch glass baking pan, mixing bowl, pastry brush, oven

Ingredients

  • 16 sheets phyllo dough, thawed
  • 2 cups feta cheese
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup butter (melted)
  • 1 cup milk

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, ( glass pyrex pan works great for this recipe) brush melted butter all over bottom amd sides of baking pan.

  2. 2. Mix salt, cheese and milk and eggsin a bowl , combine and stir ingredients well.

  3. 3. Put down 5 sheets of phyllo dough down in buttered pan and brush over with melted butter. You can also put down one sheet at a time and butter seperatelly.

  4. 4. Pour enough of the mixture to cover phyllo sheets and top with 3 more sheets.

  5. 5. Continue to repeat the process: put down 3 sheets and make sure to brush them well with butter then layer with mixture until all of the mixture is done, then cover with atleast 2 sheets. I preffer not to butter the top sheets as they tend to get very hard after the banitsa is done baking.

  6. 6. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until golden, make sure mixture is cooked in the middle by cutting into banitsa. When the mixture is cooked it will not be runny.

  7. 7. Once banitsa is done cover it with either a towell or the lid to the pan and let it sit and cool before cutting it or serving. Covering it lets the steam soften the phyllo dough sheets.

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