Crispy Cheese and Potato Borekas
Golden, crispy phyllo pastries filled with creamy mashed potatoes and tangy cheese. A classic Israeli snack that looks impressive but requires just 6 ingredients and 25 minutes.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 298
- Protein
- 8g
Ingredients
- 1 lb russet potatoes
- ¾ cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 8 sheets phyllo pastry sheets
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- 1
Set the oven to 400°F and wait for the indicator light or beep to confirm heating is complete, about 10 minutes.
- 2
Cut the potatoes into quarters (leave skin on) and place in a pot of cold water, then bring to a boil over high heat and cook until a fork slides through the flesh with no resistance, about 12 minutes.
- 3
Drain the potatoes in a colander and return them to the pot while still hot.
- 4
Mash the potatoes with a potato masher or fork until mostly smooth, leaving a few small lumps.
- 5
Stir the crumbled feta cheese, salt, and black pepper into the mashed potatoes until evenly mixed.
- 6
Lay one phyllo sheet on a work surface and brush the entire surface with melted butter using a pastry brush.
- 7
Lay a second phyllo sheet on top of the first and brush that one with melted butter as well.
- 8
Spoon 3 tablespoons of the potato-cheese mixture onto the bottom-left corner of the double-layered phyllo sheet.
- 9
Fold the phyllo over the filling into a triangle: pull the bottom-left corner up and over to the right, then fold the triangle up, then fold it up again, creating a layered triangle package.
- 10
Place the folded boreka seam-side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet and brush the top with melted butter.
- 11
Repeat steps 6 through 10 with the remaining phyllo sheets and filling to make 4 borekas total.
- 12
Bake the borekas on the middle rack until the phyllo is deep golden brown on all sides and crispy when you tap it, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- 13
Remove the baking sheet from the oven using oven mitts and let the borekas cool on the sheet for 2 minutes before serving.
Tools you’ll need
- large pot
- colander
- potato masher or fork
- work surface
- pastry brush
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- oven mitts
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