What is Banitsa?

Banitsa is a traditional Bulgarian pastry that is made from layers of phyllo dough, oil or molten butter, whipped eggs and various sweet or salty fillings. Banitsa can be administered as a breakfast meal along with ordinary yogurt or eat as a dessert, light food or snack, depending on the filling.

and Banitsa is sometimes included as part of Christmas meals, loaded with coins, small spells and news wrapped on foil and Christmas tones. Its function as such is a similar function of the king of the cake, which is served as part of many Mardi Gras celebrations.

Although this could resemble a great soufflé, the texture Banitsa is rather a text of a dense croissant. Phyllo dough layers or hard leaves are used in this bowl with a fine, scaly layer during baking. The unique diversity of Banitsa called tutmanik is made of leaves of the dough.

The most basic Banitsa Recipe requires fillingAdan white cheese called sirene, , which is similar to cottage cheese. The Banitsa version is called shtudel. tikvenik is sweet Banitsa filled with a mixture of pumpkin, walnuts, sugar and cinnamon.

Savory Banitsas can be filled with a mixture of minced meat, mushrooms and onions; nettle; or spinach. luchnik is the type Banitsa filled with leek and Zelnik is filled with an amplifier.

Banitsa is ubiquitous in Bulgaria and has become a cultural phenomenon. Street retailers sell the range of versions of this pastry. Proverbs have evolved around eating Banitsa. and the word Banitsa has its own glory, after entering the slang lexicon as a pejorative that is used to indicate something that is crumpled, oily, or otherwise poor shape.

Bulgaria is not the only country whose citizenThey enjoy this pastry. Greece, Serbia, Turkey, Russia and others have their own modified versions. Turkish borek> are pastries with spicy fillings that often include feta or other salty cheese. Rather than are made in a large round pan, they are baked either as a single pastry or are made in a large rectangular pan and cut into triangles.

Greek tiropita layers of butter phyllo leaves with a mixture of eggs and cheeses. tiropita can be made either in individual portions or in a large pan and sliced ​​before serving.

Serbia and Macedonia produce Banitsa that are quite similar to Bulgaria. Serbian traditional gibanica is made from the leaves of Phyllo bread and decayed white cheese. In Macedonia, food is called Maznak.