Banitsa Recipe

This banitsa recipe serves 8 to 10 slices and requires filo pastry, ricotta, feta, butter, and eggs. After melting the butter, mix the cheeses with eggs, and layer the filo with the mixture. Bake at 200-210°C for 25-30 minutes. Serve warm, optionally with yogurt. Enjoy

Banitsa Recipe

Ingredients serves 8 – 10 slices

  • 500g filo pastry
  • 250g ricotta cheese
  • 250g feta cheese
  • 100g butter
  • 6 eggs
  • 12 cloves

Method For banitsa

  • 1) Turn the oven on mark between 7 and 8 that is equivalent to 200c to 210c
  • 2) melt the butter then crack the eggs, crumble the feta cheese and add the ricotta cheese into a bowl and mix well
  • 3) brush a baking dish with butter then prepare the filo pastry (have a wet cloth to keep the filo covered to prevent from drying out)
  • 4) take 1 sheet out brush that with butter then take about 3 spoons full of the mix and scatter near 1 edge then roll and start placing them into the baking dish
  • 6) continue doing this until you have a covered layer then brush with butter and egg yolk and bake in the oven for 5 to 30 minutes
  • 7) take out rest slice, serve and Enjoy!!!!!!!

*you can serve this with some yogurt