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The recipe for "round" burek was developed in the Serbian town of Niš. In 1498, it was introduced by a famous Turkish baker, Mehmed Oğlu, from Istanbul. [42] Eventually burek spread from the southeast (southern Serbia, Kosovo and North Macedonia) to the rest of Yugoslavia. Niš hosts an annual burek competition and festival called Buregdžijada.
The filling is wrapped or layered in phyllo (filo) pastry with butter or olive oil, either in a large pan from which individual servings are cut, or rolled into individual triangular servings. [8] While the filo-dough recipe is most common, some recipes use a village-style pastry horiatiko , which has a thicker crust. [ 10 ]
Bosnian cuisine is a mixture of the local regions such as the Balkan countries, Greece, Italy and Turkey, with many recipes coming from the Ottoman era. It uses some spices, but usually in moderate quantities. Most dishes are light, as they are cooked in lots of water; the sauces are often natural, consisting of little more than the natural ...
It is also used for baking bread and traditional pastry like burek and pizza. This traditional style of cooking has been adopted mostly because of its specific flavour-enhancing properties, which enable the food to be lightly smoked, additional to aforementioned convection cooking process.
العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български
Balkan cuisine is characterised by very diverse, strong and spicy food. [14] [15] Pickled vegetables and small hot peppers are common ingredients, [16] with peppers appearing in ajvar spread. [6] Feta cheese is also a popular ingredient. [1] Dishes frequently make use of stuffed vegetables [8] such as sarma which is made with stuffed vine leaves.
Brik (/ b r iː k / BREEK; بريك) or burek is the north African version of borek, a stuffed malsouka pastry [1] which is commonly deep fried.The best-known version is the egg brik, a whole egg in a triangular pastry pocket with chopped onion, tuna, harissa and parsley. [2]
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