Friday, February 11, 2011

Borek with Chicken Filling

Ingredients
  • 1 package of borek dough
  • Sesame seeds (optional)
  • Black seeds (optional) 
Filling
  • 2 pounds ground chicken
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 can of peas and carrots
  • salt and pepper to taste
Liquid mixture
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1 egg
Tomato Sauce
  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2-3 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 cup water
Yogurt Sauce
Simply mix a cup yogurt with 2 cloves of minced garlic. If you're using Greek yogurt (you know, the strained thick kind), you may need to water it down a little bit.

Preparation
  1. Cook the ground chicken in cooking oil. Right before the chicken is fully cooked, drain well and add the can of vegetables. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for another 5 minutes and set aside.
  2. In a bowl, mix the ingredients for the liquid mixture and whisk well.
  3. On your working surface, lay a sheet of dough. Generously brush the dough with the liquid mixture. Make sure the dough is fully soaked, no dry spots! 
  4. On the longer side of the sheet, put the filling mixture along the edge and begin rolling from that edge. When you're done rolling, you'll end up with a log shape. Much like how you'd make a strudel, roll up that log into a rose. Place on a well-greased pan. 
  5. Repeat with the rest of the dough. If you have any liquid mixture left - which you should have - pour that over the pan. Sprinkle with sesame or black seeds. Generally, we use a lot of these but, please remember that sesame seed allergies  are not uncommon in the U.S. On the other hand, black seed is believed to act as an antihistamine that helps to reduce the common symptoms of allergies. 
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Cooking times vary a lot since ovens vary in efficiency and power. You should always allow standing time.
  7. For the tomato sauce, add cooking oil and tomato paste to a sauce pan and cook. When you smell the pleasant tomato smell raising from the pan, add the water. I know, adding water to a hot pan with a red sauce in it is tricky. The splatter may and will ruin your outfit/stove/counter. Take precaution. Turn off the heat when the water boils.
  8. Right before serving the borek, pour the yoghurt sauce over and top with the tomato sauce.

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