Banitsa With White Cheese (Bulgarian Banitsa With Phyllo Pastry) Recipe

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Banitsa With White Cheese (Bulgarian Banitsa With Phyllo Pastry)
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Ingredients
7
Count
Nutrition
261
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. 1. Cheese filling preparation: Beat the eggs and the pinch of baking soda, than add crumbed (or crushed) white cheese and then the yoghurt.
  2. 2. Spiral Banitsa (Vita Banitsa)/ Traditional preparation.
  3. 3. Use a round pan +-40cm diameter (the bigger the better).
  4. 4. Take 12 pastry sheets (phyllo pastry).Grease bottom of a pan with butter.
  5. 5. Spread a sheet, put a 2-3 small cubes of butter (or margarine), and spread the filling. Roll the sheet and place it in the middle of the pan (as a beginning of the spiral).
  6. 6. Do all the sheets the same way and join it with the end of the first sheet, making your spiral bigger and bigger.
  7. 7. When you out the last sheet and finish the spiral and fill the pan pore a tea cup of milk over the spiral.
  8. 8. Bake in moderate oven (180 ºC) for 45-50 minute
  9. 9. When it is ready take it out of the oven and brush with water the surface and cover with a cloth until it cools down.
  10. 10. Serve with an extra small bowl of plain yoghurt.
  11. Or (lazy way of preparation).
  12. 1. Take 12 pastry sheets (phyllo).Grease bottom of a pan with butter, no need of a round pan.
  13. 2. Place the first 3 sheets, spread the top sheet with butter, and spread first 1/3rd of the filling.
  14. 3. Place 2 more sheets and brush with butter spread 2nd third of the filling.
  15. 4. Top with 2 more sheets and brush with butter and spread last third of the filling.
  16. 5. The top last layer of filling cover with last sheets.
  17. 6. Cut in 9 or 12 squares and pore 1 cup of milk.
  18. 7. Bake in moderate oven (180 ºC) for 45-50 minute
  19. 8. When it is ready take it out of the oven and brush with water the surface and cover with a cloth until it cools down.
  20. 9. Serve with an extra small bowl of plain yoghurt.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 260.94 Kcal (1093 kJ)
Calories from fat 178.85 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.87g 31%
Cholesterol 124.72mg 42%
Sodium 548.45mg 23%
Potassium 97.21mg 2%
Total Carbs 1.86g 1%
Sugars 1.39g 6%
Protein 10.29g 21%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 225mg 23%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 187.69 Kcal (786 kJ)
Calories from fat 128.64 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.29g 31%
Cholesterol 89.71mg 42%
Sodium 394.49mg 23%
Potassium 69.92mg 2%
Total Carbs 1.34g 1%
Sugars 1g 6%
Protein 7.4g 21%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 161.8mg 23%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.9
    Points
  • 6
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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