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Meat pie with homemade phyllo dough – burek

Meat pie with homemade phyllo dough – burek

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Thin, flaky dough known as phyllo (or yufka) filled with mincemeat is delicious and popular Balkan food. <br />I can say with a confidence that I have mastered the art of making pita. Pita, in Bosnia, is a general term for thin pastry with savory or sweet fillings. The best pita is made with homemade pastry – yufka. You can use sheets of phyllo dough although it is not quite the same. Store-bought phyllo dough is great for layering like in baklava but it’s not flexible to be rolled up like a traditional pita.