Anatolia
Ispanaklı börek
Layers of crisp filo, spinach and salty feta baked in a tray. Turkish breakfast, sorted for days.
75 minTime
13 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayTray börek of filo layered with spinach, feta and a milk and egg sauce.
The original378kcalsame
13 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
75minutessame
Ispanaklı börek.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
5 steps- 1Soften the onion in 1 tbsp oil, add the spinach and cook until wilted and dry. Cool and mix with feta and pepper.
- 2Whisk 2 eggs with the milk, yoghurt and remaining oil to make the sauce.
- 3Lay 2 filo sheets in an oiled tray, brush with sauce, repeat until a third of the sheets are used. Spread half the filling.
- 4Repeat with more filo, sauce, the rest of the filling, then finish with the last sheets and sauce.
- 5Cut into squares, brush with the last egg and scatter nigella and sesame. Rest 15 minutes, then bake at 190°C for 40 minutes.
Serve it like this
Cut into squares and serve warm on a board with Turkish tea, olives, tomatoes and cucumbers.