Prekmurska Gibanica | How to Make a Traditional 10 layer Prekmurje Cake Authentic Gibanica Recipe

cottage cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Ricotta offers a lighter texture while cream cheese is often less expensive.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt reduces fat while maintaining creaminess.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Almonds provide healthy fats, while sunflower seeds are often cheaper.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey adds a unique flavor and is a natural sweetener.

Measure out 200 grams of sifted flour and add 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of sugar, butter, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, a pinch of salt, and 1 package of vanilla sugar to a bowl.

Combine everything with hands until a soft dough forms, adding flour if needed.

Butter the bottom of a square springform pan and roll out the pastry dough, piercing it with a fork.

For the cottage cheese filling, mix 300 grams of pressed dry cottage cheese with 1/4 cup of sour cream, 1 package of vanilla sugar, and 4 tablespoons of sugar.

For the poppy seed filling, combine 300 grams of ground poppy seeds, 3 tablespoons of sugar, and zest from half a lemon.

For the walnut filling, mix 300 grams of ground walnuts, 1 package of vanilla sugar, 3 tablespoons of sugar, and 1 tablespoon of rum.

For the apple filling, squeeze and strain juice from 3 Granny Smith apples, then mix with 1 tablespoon of lemon zest, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, and 3 tablespoons of sugar.

Make a cream sauce by mixing 200 grams of full fat sour cream, 2 slightly beaten eggs, and 2 tablespoons of icing sugar.

Layer the phyllo dough over the pastry crust, brushing with melted butter in between layers.

Add poppy seed filling, followed by cream sauce, then cottage cheese filling, more cream sauce, walnut filling, cream sauce, and grated apples without cream sauce.

Finish with two layers of phyllo dough brushed with melted butter, then spoon on some cream sauce.

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