Rose Borek ( Gul Boregi )

Rose Borek (Gül böreği)

Ingredients:

1 package #10 phyllo dough (yufka)

1 egg

½ cup of milk or yogurt (or mixture of milk and yogurt)

4 tbsp oil

For filling (choose one)

- Cheese: 2 cups of feta cheese and chopped parsley. Mix them in a bowl.

- Potato: 2-3 medium size potato (boiled and mashed), 1 medium size onion, spices, tomato paste (optional), chopped parsley.

With little oil, sauté the chopped onion in a pan. Add mashed potato and spices (black pepper, chili and your choices). Add tomato paste, stir constantly for a couple of minutes. Turn off heat. Add parsley.

- Meat: ½ lb ground beef, medium size onion, black pepper. Cook meat on medium heat in a pan without oil. Add little oil and chopped onion. Cook for additional 5 minutes over medium heat. Add black pepper, salt.

Directions:

1-Lay out one sheet of phyllo dough on the counter. Keep the remaining phyllo dough covered with a slightly towel to prevent drying out.

2-In a medium-size bowl, mix oil, milk, and eggs and beat them with a whisk.

3-Brush the sheet slightly with the mixture, which is liquid.

4-Put a line of the filling mixture lengthwise along the side of the sheet.

5-Roll it tight up to the other side. It will look like a stick.

6-Then, roll it like spiral, holding one edge fixed.

7-Brush the top of the spiral roses with liquid mixture.

8-Bake them at 350F until golden brown.

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