Borek with Ground Meat | Phyllo Pastry Burek with Beef | Borek Recipe

ground meat

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

Ground turkey offers a leaner option while ground chicken is often less expensive.

phyllo dough

🥗Healthier: whole wheat pastry dough

💰Cheaper: homemade dough

Whole wheat pastry dough adds fiber, while homemade can reduce costs.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while canola oil is often less expensive.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt provides more protein, while sour cream is usually cheaper.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).

Chop an onion finely and start roasting it in a big pan.

Add the ground meat, salt, and red pepper flakes; cook for a few minutes and mix well.

Beat an egg with a cup of yogurt and add half a glass of cooking oil; this mix will be used to spread between layers of phyllo.

Oil the tray and start placing the phyllos into the tray, spreading some of the yogurt-egg mix in every layer.

In every third layer of phyllo, put some of the potato mix (not mentioned in ingredients).

For the top of the börek, beat an egg mixed with a tablespoon of yogurt and spread it all around.

Slice it before putting it in the oven.

Cook for 35 minutes until the top is browned.

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