Bourekas
Bourekas or burekas (Hebrew: בורקס) are a popular baked pastry in Sephardic Jewish cuisine and Israeli cuisine. A variation of the burek, a popular pastry throughout southern Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, Israeli bourekas are made in a wide variety of shapes and a vast selection of fillings, and are typically made with either puff pastry, filo dough, or brik pastry, depending on the origin of the baker.
Typical Israeli bourekas, traditionally topped with sesame, poppy or nigella seeds. | |
| Alternative names | Burekas, Bureka, Boureka, Borekas, Burekasim |
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| Type | Tea pastry |
| Course | Fast food, Shabbat breakfast |
| Associated cuisine | Jewish cuisine |
| Main ingredients | Puff pastry or phyllo; filling |
| Variations | feta cheese, tzfat cheese, kashkaval cheese, mashed potato, spinach, mallow mushrooms, pizza, less commonly ground beef, lamb, chicken with pine nuts and almonds, or vegetables, or a sweet filling such as muhallebi |
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