One of my favorite Turkish dishes! The name sigara borek means cigarette pastry because of the shape. The mint and feta cheese combine for a refreshing and tasty treat. Whenever I performed at the Turkish restaurant in Delray Beach, they would let me wrap and make my own boreks. Of course I also made mine too fat and instead of looking like a cigarette, they looked like cigars!
Ingredients
Makes: 6 Turkish sigara borek
- 150g feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 tablespoon dried mint
- 1/2 tablespoon chilli powder
- chopped fresh coriander or parsley, to taste
- 3 sheets filo pastry
- 3 to 4 tablespoons oil
Method
Prep:20min › Cook:8min › Ready in:28min
- Neatly lay the three filo sheets out on a work surface, one on top of the other. Make one clean diagonal cut across the pastry to form 6 triangles.
- In a bowl, combine the feta cheese, mint, chilli powder and fresh coriander. Mix well, mashing the ingredients together.
- One at a time, spread 1 to 2 tablespoons of the cheese mixture in the middle of the pastry in a line but a bit towards the long side of the triangle pastry. Fold the sides in and then start to roll the pastry like you would roll a cigarette.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over a high heat then add the sigara boreks into the pan. Once one side is golden brown, continue turning until evenly brown all over. Remove from the pan and transfer to a plate lined with kitchen paper. Blot away any excess oil then serve hot.