Name: Filled Coiled Pastry (Banitsa So Sirenje)
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Cuisine: Macedonian
Ingredients: 1 cup (150 g) grated feta cheese; Vegetable oil for greasing; 1 cup (240 g) ricotta cheese; 2 eggs; 1 cup (240 ml) warm water; 1 teaspoon (3 g) active-dry yeast; ½ teaspoon white sugar; 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting; ¾ teaspoon kosher salt; 8 tablespoons (113 g) unsalted butter, melted; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

Preparation info

Serves
10 to 12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Macedonia

By Katerina Nitsou

Published 2021

About

This is a traditionally Macedonian style of savory pastry. The filled pastry is shaped into a coil and sliced like a pie. The cheese filling is most common, but you can find many other fillings.

Ingredients

1 cup (240 ml) warm water
1 teaspoon (3

Method

Grease 2 large baking sheets with vegetable oil.

Mix together the filling ingredients and set aside in the refrigerator.

Place the warm water in a small bowl, add the yeast and ½ teaspoon sugar, and stir once. Cover the bowl with a plate and let stand until the yeast begins to foam, about 10 minutes.

In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt and make a well in the cent