Bosnian burek with nettles

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese offers similar creaminess with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats while being versatile.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt is thicker and adds protein.

nettles

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: kale

Spinach is easier to find and still nutritious.

Pour boiling water over 600g of nettle leaves and drain.

Immerse nettles in cold water.

For the dough, combine 800g flour, lukewarm water, and salt, then divide into 3 equal parts.

Spread out each part and oil them.

Finely chop the nettles and add to a mixing bowl with 400g cream cheese, 3 tablespoons sour cream, 4 eggs, a pinch of salt, and 2 tablespoons corn flour.

Stretch the dough finely and fatten the edges with melted butter.

Distribute the nettle mixture evenly on the dough, then roll both sides to the center.

Oil or butter the rolled dough and place in the oven.

Bake at 250°C for 25-30 minutes.

During cooking, mix 500ml light fluid cream with 200ml milk and a pinch of salt, then return to the oven for 5 minutes.

Serve hot with yogurt.

Cooking Techniques

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