5 Turkish Tea Time Recipes You’ll Love | Börek, Salad & Cookies

ground meat

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: cooked rice

Lentils provide protein while being lower in calories.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories.

phyllo dough

🥗Healthier: whole wheat pastry dough

💰Cheaper: homemade dough

Whole wheat adds fiber and nutrients.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point.

Prepare the eggplant and minced meat filling by sautéing chopped onion in olive oil until translucent.

Add diced eggplants and sweet green peppers, cooking until softened.

Stir in pepper paste, season with salt, black pepper, and chili flakes, and mix in minced meat if using.

For the börek sauce, mix vegetable or olive oil, water, flour, and salt in a bowl until combined.

Lay out yufka phyllo sheets, brushing each layer with the sauce mixture before adding filling.

Roll the sheets tightly around the filling to form logs or shape into a tray börek.

For the cheese-filled tray börek, mix eggs, oil, milk, salt, and crumbled Turkish cheese in a bowl, then layer with phyllo sheets.

Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown and crispy.

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