Greek Borrekas

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup water
• salt, dash of
• 1 egg, beaten
• 5 ounces feta cheese
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 egg, beaten
• sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 stir with a wooden spoon flour, oil, water and salt in a bowl.
• 3 mix all together to form a soft dough.
• 4 place the dough in a sheet (flat) and start kneading with your hands for about 10 minutes until the dough is ready
• 5 cover with a dry towel and let stand for 15 minutes
• 6 cut the dough and form a ball about the size of an orange
• 7 with a rolling pin, flatten the dough to the size of a circle 3 inches in diameter
• 8 continue until all the dough is used and in circles.
• 9 mix in a bowl the beaten egg, feta cheese and cream cheese
• 10 place a teaspoon of the filling in the middle of each circle.
• 11 fold each to form a half moon.
• 12 press closed the edges.
• 13 place a glass, 3 inches in diameter, on the top of each borreka and take off the excess dough.
• 14 pinch the edges firmly closed; continue until all are filled and closed.
• 15 line a shallow baking pan with foil
• 16 beat egg in a bowl
• 17 brush the top of each borreka with egg, then sprinkle with sesame seeds
• 18 arrange borrekas around the pan.
• 19 bake in a 350°f over for 35 minutes or until brown; be careful not to burn them.