Cigar borek with herby cheese filling
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Ingredients
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- 500 g Middle Eastern style white cheese
- 250 g Turkish kashar
Shred 250 g kashar on the large side of a grater; crumble the white cheese over it and mix.
The two-cheese filling
- 60 g parsley
Pull 60 g parsley through the holes of a grater to strip the leaves, then mince small.
- 1 tbsp nigella seeds
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 whole egg
- 1 package pre-cut yufka triangles
Add the parsley, 1 tbsp nigella seeds, 1/2 tsp black pepper and, optionally, an egg; mix thoroughly.
Lay a yufka triangle rounded edge towards you; leaving about 2 cm, lay a line of cheese filling most of the way across, leaving 3-4 cm at the edges.
Tuck both sides over the filling, fold the bottom over and roll away until about 3 cm from the end; dab the tip with sauce or egg wash and finish rolling.
- sauce
- oil
Heat enough oil to shallow fry in a pan over medium heat; set a wire rack over paper towels on an oven tray.
Fry 4 at a time over medium heat, turning every 15 to 30 seconds, 2 to 3 minutes in all until golden brown.