Pastry With Potato Filling
“A recipe for Burekitas, savory pastry with potato filling, from a dough that is fast and easy to make and work with!”
Orit Levi
Original Recipe Author
There’s something about pastries that always leaves us wanting more. It could be their tiny size, delicious flavors, or the fact that when they’re freshly baked, they melt in your mouth!
Luckily for you, that’s what we have here today!
This pastry with potato filling recipe isn’t just about teaching you how to add potato filling to pastry; it’s about creating everything from scratch.
So, if you’re ready to learn how to turn dough into tasty Turkish Burekita, read on!
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Pastry With Potato Filling
If I make it with spelt flour, should I use 1 cup of all-purpose flour and 1 cup of spelt flour, or 2 cups of spelt flour?
You can do whatever you like, as both ways work just fine.
Pastry With Potato Filling
Ingredients
Dough:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (optional: replace with spelt flour)
- ½ cup canola oil
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 tsp. salt
Filling:
- 4 medium-sized potatoes (cooked and mashed)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. salt
- A pinch of black pepper
- 1 egg (beaten)
- Sesame seed (to sprinkle on top)
Instructions
- Heat the oven up to 350°F (180°C).
- Mix the dough ingredients in a large bowl for about 3 minutes until everything is well-combined.
- Cut the dough into two equal halves.
- On your work surface, spread out each portion of the dough, and use a glass to cut out rounds.
- After that, place some oil in a deep pan and fry the chopped onion
- Add the mashed potatoes and season with salt and pepper as the onion starts changing color.
- Pick up a clean teaspoon and fill up the cut-out rounds by placing a scoop on the bottom half of the round and folding it in half.
- Make sure to tighten the ends. If you want to give it a nicer look as well as secure the edges, press down with a fork on the ends.
- Place the Burekitas neatly on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
- Brush the Burekitas with the beaten eggs and sprinkle some sesame seeds.
- Place in a pre-oven at 350°F (180°C) and bake for 30-40 minutes until golden.
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