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Banitsa with Spinach
Photo: Chiara Conti

Banitsa with Spinach

8 ingredients 10 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

680
Calories
21g
Protein
22g
Fat
97g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1kg flour,
  • 1kg spinach, 300g.
  • white brined cheese,
  • 3/2 cupful of yoghurt,
  • 200g butter,
  • 1 spoonful sunflower oil,
  • 1 spoonful vinegar,
  • salt

Directions

1

Cook the cleaned and finely cut spinach in some of the butter.

2

After having cooled, stir in crumbled cheese and yoghurt.

3

Knead a hard dough from the flour, oil, vinegar, salt and water.

4

Roll into five sheets (1kg of ready rolled pastry sheets may also be used).

5

Line a baking dish with butter, place 1 sheet on the bottom and top with the spinach filling.

6

Add a second sheet, filling and so on.

7

Baste in a moderate oven.

8

The same recipe may be used for making banitsa with leeks.

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Category:Bulgarian Recipes

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Category:Bulgarian Snacks

Recipe sourced from fandom

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