Greek Style Bourekia Recipe (Potato and Leek Puffs Recipe)

Archana's Kitchen

October 30, 2017

853 Ratings

Time:Prep: 15 M|Cook: 45 M|Total: 1h 0min

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Snack

Cuisine:Greek

Greek Style Bourekia Recipe (Potato and Leek Puffs Recipe) these are handheld pies that can be fried or baked in the oven. It is filled with all sorts of filling varying from sweet and savory. The traditional filling is made from ‘Ansari’ which is a sweet cheese. In this recipe we have added leek to give it an extra crunch and flavor to the dish. It is then wrapped with a pizza dough and baked.

Serve the Greek Style Bourekia Recipe (Potato and Leek Puffs Recipe) as a Tea Time Snack or as a Party Appetizer.

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Serve the Greek Style Bourekia Recipe (Potato and Leek Puffs Recipe) as a Tea Time Snack or as a Party Appetizer.

If you are looking for more Tea Time Recipe here are some :

Ingredients

For the Pie Crust

1-1/2 Whole Wheat Flour

1/4 Butter (Salted)

1/4 Salt

For the Filling

3 Potatoes (Aloo), boiled and mashed

2 Leek, stalks, finely chopped

1/4 Milk

2 Oil

1 Turmeric powder (Haldi)

1 Red Chilli flakes

1/2 Fennel seeds (Saunf), crushed

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Greek Style Bourekia Recipe (Potato and Leek Puffs Recipe)

We begin making the Greek Style Bourekia Recipe (Potato and Leek Puffs Recipe) by making the pizza dough first. So in order to make the dough, click on Homemade Pizza dough recipe to check the method.

To make the filling, pressure cook the potatoes separately in a pressure cooker for about 5 whistle. Release the pressure naturally. Remove the skin and mash it coarsely.

Heat a sauce pan, add oil sauté the leeks and add the mashed potatoes. Sauté for few minutes and then add the rest of the ingredients. Saute for some time and let it cool down. Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.

Take out dough, divide it into lemon sized round shapes, using your hand press the dough flat, cut it into a square and add a tablespoon of the filling to one side and fold over the other part over it. Press it tightly.

Using a fork, press the edges. Place them on the greased trays, grease some butter or oil over it and bake it for about 30 minutes.

Once it starts to crisp up, you can brush it with little honey to give a color the puff.

Serve the Greek Style Bourekia Recipe (Potato and Leek Puffs Recipe) as a Tea Time Snack or as a Party Appetizer.