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Zeljanica
Zeljanica is a Bosnian savoury pie with spinach and cheese inside thin layers of dough.
About Zeljanica
Zeljanica is a Bosnian savoury pie with spinach and cheese inside thin layers of dough. Nevena’s hand-stretched rendition has a feta-and-egg filling beneath a yogurt-and-milk finish.
Spinach gives the filling its leafy character, while feta supplies saltiness and a tangy dairy flavour. The eggs bind the filling, and the plain dough provides a mild cereal contrast.
The long filled rolls form a close spiral with a browned upper surface. Thin pastry surrounds a soft, substantial centre, making the pie suitable for slices or pieces served hot.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat, Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Zeljanica
Nevena’s hand-stretched Bosnian spinach-and-feta zeljanica.
- All-purpose flourBase
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Oil, plant unspecifiedCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Frozen spinachFilling
- Feta cheeseFilling
- EggsBinder
- YogurtFinish
- MilkFinish
- Extra flour for adjustment and work surface, cereal unspecifiedCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual36 normal AP Wheat. Broad wheat-flour candidate preserves known cereal without asserting a separate registered AP product.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Oil, plant unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual39 dough plus method tray51 and stretch61, same unspecified oil.
- Frozen spinach: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual41 thawed/drained frozen spinach.
- Feta cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual42 feta confirms Milk.
- Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual43 Egg.
- Yogurt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual46/70 Milk.
- Milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual47/70 Milk.
- Extra flour for adjustment and work surface, cereal unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual53/56/59 independently generic extra flour, no forced AP identity.
Origins & food traditions
Bosnia and Herzegovina association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaCatalogue link pending review
- SerbiaCatalogue link pending review
- MontenegroCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bosnian Cuisine
- Bosnian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Montenegrin Highland CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Serbian CuisineCatalogue link pending review