Rolls of phyllo are formed into a cheese burek from Djerdan Burek. Photo: Melissa Hom In Bosnia, you can find burek bakeries on every corner. Burek, after all, is a staple of Balkan cuisine, familiar ...

From the very first time I ate burek - a usually savory and almost always flaky stuffed pastry prominent in the Balkans - it has been, hands down, one of my favorite street snacks. I've been putting ...

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Add water, salt and flour to an electric mixing bowl that has a dough hook attached to it. Set the mixer speed first at a low setting, then medium, and finally at the highest setting for the mixer to ...

In East Coast pizzerias, it is not uncommon to find diners pulling apart flaky bureks alongside their slices. The unique culinary pairing was brought over in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s by immigrants and ...

Burek are meat or cheese pies encased in a flaky, layered phyllo crust, often served in countries such as Turkey, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria and elsewhere in southeastern Europe. Luckily, you can find ...