Yugoslavian Burek Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Brown ground beef in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain fat; stir in allspice, paprika, salt, and pepper. Transfer beef to a large bowl and stir in potato and onion.
• Unroll phyllo pastry and transfer 2 sheets to a work surface; stack sheets. Spoon 1/8th of the ground beef mixture down one long edge of the phyllo pastry. Roll phyllo into a tube, encasing beef. Shape the tube into a coil (snail shape). Place the roll on an ungreased baking sheet; brush with melted butter. Repeat, placing finished rolls up against one another to keep them from unrolling.
• Bake burek in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet lightly.
• Mix feta cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, and eggs together in a bowl. Whisk milk and oil together in a small bowl.
• Brush milk-oil mixture over 3 sheets of phyllo dough and stack together. Place some of the cheese mixture in a straight line on one end of the dough. Roll up tightly to form a spiral shape. Transfer spiral to the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining milk-oil mixture, phyllo dough, and cheese mixture.
• Bake burek in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat a large frying pan and add the oil.
• Saute the onion until soft, and then add the beef, spices, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook until the meat is crumbly but not dry.
• Cool completely before you continue.
• Lay 1 sheet of phyllo dough on the counter.
• Brush with some of the butter.
• Place a heaping 1/3 cup of meat mixture acrosss the sheet along the long side, 2 inches from edge.
• Fold the bottom over the meat mixture and roll into a snake shape.
• Cut the roll in half and coil each roll into a snail shape.
• Place on a nonstick baking sheet and butt the end up against the edge of the pan to prevent uncoiling.
• Brush with additional butter.
• Bake in a prheated oven at 375 degrees for 15-20 min or until just golden.
• Keep the remaining sheets of phyllo dough covered with plastic, and work quickly to prevent in from drying out.