Serbian vegan burek
Serbian burek is a filo dough pie usually filled with minced meat and rolled into a beatuiful spiral. This vegan burek uses vegan mince, potatoes and onion for the filling.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 250 mL your favourite vegan mince TVP, Yves veggie ground, etc.
- 300 g potato, raw, cut into 1 cm cubes One large potato
- 150 g onion, minced ½ onion
- 2 tbsp parsley, chopped
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 8 layers filo dough, thawed 30 x 40 cm, see note
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil e.g. canola
- 50 mL plant-based milk, e.g. soy
Instructions
Filling
- In a pan on medium heat, sweat the onion.
- Add the potatoes and cook for 5 minutes, until the potatoes start to go soft
- Add the vegan mince and continue to cook for 10 minutes. The potatoes should be just about done.
- Sprinkle with parsley.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Let the filling cool before continuing.
Make the burek
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Once the filling has cooled, brush a pan and a baking sheet with oil.
- Place two layers of phyllo dough on the baking sheet and brush with oil.
- Add a thin strand of filling along one edge and roll the filo dough around the filling. Continue rolling the entire sheet to create a roll with filling surrounded by several layers of filo dough (the two sheets wrapped around themselves).
- Brush the roll generously with the plant-based milk and carefully roll the roll around one end, creating a tight spiral. Place the spiral in the oiled pan (to free up your workspace).If the filo dough starts to crack, apply more milk and wait a little. The moist dough will be more resistant to cracking.
- Create another roll the same way on the baking sheet. Reapply oil on the sheet if needed.Move the roll to the baking pan and continue your spiral where the previous one ended.
- Continue making rolls and building your spiral until you run out of sheets or filling or space in your pan.
Bake the burek
- Brush the burek with some more plant-based milk.
- Bake at 200°C for 15-20 minutes, until a nice colour has developed.
- Cut into wedges and enjoy with yogurt or sour cream.
Notes
Filo dough: Also known as phyllo dough. Accidentally vegan versions are common, where vegetable shortening or palm oil is used to create cheaper or more shelf stable products (compared to using animal products). Here in Canada, president's choice has an accidentally vegan version (but check the ingredients).