Banitsa is a traditional Bulgarian pie, which is prepared from a dough. Usually banitza is filled with cottage cheese or its mixture with cheese, so we will try to observe all traditions and repeat the classic recipe further.
Banitsa Bulgarian - recipe with cottage cheese
Ingredients:
For filling:
- cottage cheese - 500 g;
- honey - 1/3;
- salt - a pinch;
- Butter - 3 tbsp. spoons.
For the test:
- flour - 160 g;
- water - 1/4;
- egg - 1 piece;
- butter - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon.
Preparation
To prepare the dough, the flour must first be sifted with a baking powder, add water, melted butter and egg. Knead the steep dough, wrap it with a food film and put the rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
While the dough is resting, we will prepare the filling. You can make a salted curd filling , mixing cottage cheese with cheese in equal proportions, or you can make a sweet banitza from cottage cheese with honey. For the filling it is necessary to melt the butter and mix it with ground cottage cheese, salt and liquid honey.
The rest of the dough is rolled into a thin layer, greased with butter and covered with a layer of curd. Fold the dough into a roll, and then wrap the roll with a snail around its axis. We spread the banitsa in a parchment covered and oiled form, the top is also lubricated with butter or beaten egg, and place the cake in a preheated oven for 180 ° C for 40 minutes.
Before serving, cover the hot pie with a wet towel for 10 minutes.
Banitza from lavash with cottage cheese
Ingredients:
- thin lavash - 3 leaves;
- cottage cheese - 300 g;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- brynza tartaya - 250 g;
- butter - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- sour cream - 1/2 tbsp.
Preparation
Cottage cheese grinded through a sieve and mixed with finely grated cheese. Add a couple of eggs in the filling, melted butter. You can additionally season with pepper and sprinkle with chopped herbs.
We distribute the prepared stuffing to the pita bread and roll each of them into a roll. Lay the roll in a greased shape with a snail, butt close to each other. Fill the pie with a mixture of the remaining eggs and sour cream, after which we put the panicum in a preheated oven for 180 ° C for 30 minutes. Once the surface of the pie turns golden - it's ready.
If you want to cook banitsa with cottage cheese in a multivark, then lavash rolls will need to be baked in "Baking" mode for 40-50 minutes, depending on the capacity of the device. Bon Appetit!