Typical Israeli bourekas, traditionally topped with sesame, poppy or nigella seeds.
Alternative names
Burekas, Bureka, Boureka, Borekas, Burekasim
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
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]
^Nathan, Joan (26 November 2018). "On 'Bureka Tuesdays,' They Make Pastries the Way Their Grandmothers Did". The New York Times.
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