Bourekas
Filled pastry in Sephardic Jewish cuisine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bourekas or burekas (Hebrew: בורקס) are a popular baked pastry in Sephardic Jewish cuisine and Israeli cuisine. A variation of the burek, a popular pastry throughout southern Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, Israeli bourekas are made in a wide variety of shapes and a vast selection of fillings, and are typically made with either puff pastry, filo dough, or brik pastry, depending on the origin of the baker.[2]
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Alternative names | Burekas, Bureka, Boureka, Borekas, Burekasim |
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Type | Tea pastry[1] |
Course | Fast food, Shabbat breakfast |
Associated cuisine | Jewish cuisine |
Main ingredients | Puff pastry or phyllo; filling |
Variations | feta cheese, tzfat cheese, kashkaval cheese, mashed potato, spinach, mallow mushrooms, pizza, less commonly ground beef, lamb, chicken with pine nuts and almonds, or vegetables, or a sweet filling such as muhallebi |
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