Sigara Borek Crispy Turkish Cheese Rolls
How to make traditional Sigara Börek. Our easy Turkish Cheese Rolls are cigar-shaped featuring a feta herb filling and crispy filo pastry.
Servings: 6
Calories: 244kcal
Equipment
- Pastry brush
- mixing bowl
- Spatula or Wooden Spoon
- French knife
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 7 oz Feta
- 1 Egg beaten
- 2 Scallions chopped
- 4 tbsp Mint chopped
- 1/4 tsp Paprika
- 4 sheets Fillo
- 4 tbsp Melted Butter
Dipping Sauce
- 3/4 cups Plain Yogurt
- 1 Garlic Clove minced
- Pinch Kosher Salt
- 1/4 tsp Parsley chopped
Instructions
- For the dipping sauce, in a medium bowl whisk together the ingredients. Store in the fridge until ready to serve.
- For the filling, mash the feta cheese with a fork and mix with the eggs, scallions, mint and paprika.
- Take out the sheets of fillo only when you are ready to use them, as they dry out. Cut the sheets into 4 rectangles each, about 12 by 4 inches, and put them in a pile on top of each other. Brush the top strip lightly with oil or melted butter.
- Take a heaping teaspoon of filling and place it as one of the 4-inch or shortest ends of the strip in a thin sausage shape along the edge, about 1-inch from it and 1 inch from the side edges. Roll up the top sheet with the filling inside like a cigar. Turn the ends in when you've rolled it about a third of the way to trap the filling, then continue to roll. Repeat with the remaining fillo sheets.
- Place the cigars close to each other on a greased baking sheet and brush the tops with melted butter and bake for 350 F for 30 minutes, or until golden and crispy.
Nutrition
Calories: 244kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.3g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 16.2g | Saturated Fat: 10.4g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 531mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 3.7g | Calcium: 238mg | Iron: 1mg
