Savory spinach pie

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Savory spinach pie
eggs, sometimes onions or scallions

Savory spinach pie is a pastry eaten throughout the

egg
.

Etymology and history

Turkey

Ispanaklı Selanik Böreği and /or Ispanaklı Boşnak Böreği,

Selanik (Thessaloniki) or Bosnia as it is widely common in Bosnia and Herzegovina
.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeljanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a savory pie filled with spinach, or sometime

minced meat.[4][5][6]

TasteAtlas, an encyclopedia of traditional dishes, in their presentation of the 100 best pastries in the world ranked Bosnian and Herzegovinian traditional pastry dishes, putting zeljanica above burek, sirnica and krompiruša.[7]

Greece

Spanakopita (

eggs is eaten during religious fasts throughout Greece. Spanakopita appears in many traditional Greek cookery books and appears in numerous restaurants and hotel menus throughout Greece
and internationally.

Ingredients and variations

The traditional filling comprises chopped

egg yolk. It can be served straight from the oven or at room temperature.[citation needed
]

There is a "

eggs or dairy products. The mixture is oven-baked until crisp. Non-traditional vegan versions are available that typically use tofu instead of cheese.[11]

In rural Greece, smaller amounts of spinach are used, with the missing amount replaced with leeks, chard and sorrel.[citation needed]

Related pastries

Börek[12][13] or burek is a family of pastries or pies found in the Balkans, Middle East and Central Asia. The pastry is made of a thin flaky dough such as filo with a variety of fillings, such as meat, cheese, spinach, or potatoes. Boreks are mainly associated with the Middle East, Armenia, and also with the former Ottoman Empire, including the Balkans and the South Caucasus, Eastern European and Central European countries, Northern Africa and Central Asia.

See also

References

  1. ^ withbeyond.com. "Buğdaydan Gelen Lezzetler Börekler". Skylife (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  2. ^ "Selanik böreği nasıl yapılır, özelliği nedir? İşte ıspanaklı Selanik böreği tarifi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  3. ^ "Ulu Önder Atatürk'ün sevdiği yemekler ve tarifleri". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  4. ^ Elvır Hodzıc; Stipe Majic (16 Oct 2022). "Simpatična regionalna rasprava u pat poziciji: Bio šareni, sjeckani ili buredžik, u Bosni je burek samo s mesom". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ^ "KAKO JE POPULARNO JELO PODIJELILO REGIJU: Čuj "burek sa sirom"". Izdvojeno.ba (in Bosnian). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Mit je razbijen - burek nije isključivo s mesom!". Punkufer.hr. 30 Oct 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Zeljanica prestigla burek: Taste Atlas odabrao 100 najboljih peciva svijeta". Fokus.ba (in Bosnian). 24 February 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-1558322271
    .
  9. ISBN 978-1-56426-501-2
    .
  10. ^ a b Cloake, Felicity (22 August 2018). "How to make the perfect spanakopita". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  11. ^ Galer-Unti, Caitlin (7 May 2016). "Vegan Spanakopita (Greek Spinach & Feta Pie". Vegan World. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Home : Oxford English Dictionary". www.oed.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  13. ^ "BOREK | Definition of BOREK by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of BOREK". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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