DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Bourekia me Anari
Fried Cypriot pastries with sweet anari, cinnamon and rose water.
About Bourekia me Anari
Dimitra’s bourekia me anari are traditional Cypriot sweet hand pies made with soft, unsalted anari cheese. This version uses her homemade thin pastry and crescent shape, with an icing-sugar finish.
Sugar sweetens the cheese filling, cinnamon adds warm spice and rose water supplies a floral note. The anari choice keeps the filling distinct from the wetter ricotta substitute also discussed by the author.
Lightly golden fried pastry surrounds the creamy filling. The drained crescents are arranged on a serving dish and dusted with icing sugar after a short cooling period.
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 Bourekia me Anari
Dimitra’s traditional Cypriot soft-anari bourekia, crescent version.
- Plain wheat flourBase · Dough
- SaltSeasoning · Dough
- Vegetable oilCooking medium · Dough and frying
- Warm waterLiquid · Dough
- Soft unsalted anari cheeseFilling · Filling
- Caster sugarSweetener · Filling
- CinnamonSeasoning · Filling
- Rose waterAromatic · Filling
- Icing sugarTopping · Topping
- Greek Cypriot coffeeAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Plain wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Conventional plain flour; catalogue link is the broader wheat-flour identity.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Used in dough and additional method-only frying oil; botanical species unprovided.
- Warm water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Soft unsalted anari cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Specific soft unsalted source choice; not ricotta.
- Caster sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Rose water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Commercial formula unprovided.
- Icing sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Product additives not specified.
- Greek Cypriot coffee (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional serving suggestion in method111/live192; separate beverage formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Cyprus
- Greece
- CyprusCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cypriot Cuisine
- Greek Cuisine
- Cypriot CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.