Simple Bulgarian Banitsa

"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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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
1 banitsa
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • 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. Mix salt, cheese and milk and eggsin a bowl , combine and stir ingredients well.
  • 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. Pour enough of the mixture to cover phyllo sheets and top with 3 more sheets.
  • 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. 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. 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.

Questions & Replies

  1. what size pan are you supposed to use?
     
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Reviews

  1. Guys, we use yogurt, not regular milk. Mix cheese, yogurt and eggs, you don't need to add salt.
     
  2. Fantastic! I made it my own by adding spinach and used white Bulgarian cheese instead of feta to mine. I also added in some cayenne pepper for a little kick and used Greek yogurt in place of the milk. Mine baked for 50 minutes @ 350F and was moist and flavorful. Just before I put it in the oven, I sliced through the first few layers to make it easier to cut when it was finished, (my Bulgarian friend taught me that) then brushed the top with egg and half and half and sprinkled it with sesame seeds. Delicious!
     
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  3. Thanks for this delicious recipe
     
  4. Thank you for the recipe! I make it as is (with less salt) and it is delicious; actually, better than most banitsas I have had in Bulgaria.
     
  5. Added this to our Thanksgiving menu since we had a Bulgarian guest. After reading reviews decided to use Greek yogurt mixed with some milk, mostly feta cheese and bit of goat cheese, no salt. Our guest said it was very good, and everyone in the family liked it (a rarity at our house). Will make this again for sure.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Use crumbled feta and Greek yogurt instead of milk
     

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