DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Borek
Also known as: Börek
Coiled Turkish pastry with feta, parsley and poppy seeds.
About Borek
Börek encompasses several pastry forms. Gursel Karci’s Turkish cheese-and-herb version uses hand-stretched dough wrapped around Greek feta and flat-leaf parsley, with the filled pastry arranged in coils.
The feta gives the filling a salty, tangy character, balanced by the fresh herb flavour of parsley. Olive oil enriches the dough and surface, while poppy seeds provide the distinctive finish.
The thin pastry surrounds the cheese mixture in long, curved layers. Karci’s finished coils have a golden surface and base, with poppy seeds scattered over the top.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Borek
Gursel Karci’s Turkish hand-stretched feta-and-parsley börek.
- Plain flourBase
- Olive oilCooking medium
- Greek fetaFilling
- Flat-leaf parsleyAromatic
- Poppy seedsFinish
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Unspecified tray greaseCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Plain flour: Wheat. Plain wheat flour by standard recipe identity; includes dusting.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Greek feta: Milk
- Flat-leaf parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Poppy seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only dough ingredient.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only dough ingredient.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only filling seasoning; botanical kind not specified.
- Unspecified tray grease: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method explicitly greases trays without identifying medium; not assumed to be additional olive oil.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Türkiye
- TürkiyeCatalogue link pending review
- TurkmenistanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Turkish Cuisine
- Turkish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Turkmen CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.