Turkish Fried ‘Cigarette’ Pastries

Name: Turkish Fried ‘Cigarette’ Pastries (Sîgara Böreği)
Yield: Makes 24 small hors d’oeuvre pastries
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 700 ml sunflower oil for frying; 4 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley or dill; 4 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley or dill; 125 g finely crumbled Feta cheese; 4 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves; 3 sheets homemade Yufka or 1 packet triangular yufka leaves (to use packaged filo dough, see Note); 3 sheets homemade Yufka or 1 packet triangular yufka leaves (to use packaged filo dough, see Note)

Sîgara Böreği

Preparation info

Makes
24
small hors d’oeuvre pastries

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pastry Perfection

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2014

About

These are so-called because of their shape. Since cigarettes have fallen into such disgrace, though, there is even a movement afoot to change the name of this pastry to pen’ böreği. The G in böreği is silent.

Ingredients

3 sheets homemade Yufka or 1 packet triangular yufka leaves (to use packaged filo dough, see N

Asia
Turkey
Dessert
Pastry
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Let the dough come to room temperature.
Stir the cheese and herbs together.
If you’re using homemade yufka, stack the 3 leaves and use a small, sharp paring knife to cut 8 equal-size wedges for a total of 24 pieces.
To form each roll, place 1 teaspoon