Turkish · IV The Method
Börek Variations: Ispanaklı and Su Böreği
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Description
Su böreği — "water börek" — is the most labour-intensive börek preparation: yufka sheets are boiled briefly in salted water before layering with cheese filling, then baked. The boiling produces a completely different texture from standard baked börek — the sheets become silky and slightly yielding rather than crispy, and the finished börek has the texture of a light, savoury pastry rather than a flaky one. It is considered the most refined börek style in Istanbul.
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Pillars V — VII
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