Golden Family-Style Borekas with Potato, Spinach, and Leeks, Served with a Savory Mushroom Sauce
This vegetables recipe was extracted from a TikTok cooking video and organized into 16 ingredients with step-by-step instructions.
Ingredients list
vegetablesmediumlunchdinnersnackday to dayfamilyaffordable>60min
Dairy
1 egg for brushing
Vegetables
2 leeks, washed and sliced
400 grams of baby spinach
3 medium potatoes, boiled in water with 1 teaspoon of chicken broth powder
1 medium onion, chopped
1 pack of mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
Spices
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon turmeric
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon flour
Oils
olive oil for frying
Other
1 pack of puff pastry
sesame seeds for sprinkling
2 cups of boiling water
Cooking steps
Preparation of the Filling:
- Heat a little olive oil in a pan and sauté the leeks until golden.
- Add the spinach and cook for a few minutes until it shrinks and loses volume.
- Turn off the heat.
- Mash the boiled potatoes and add them to the leek and spinach mixture.
- Add the salt, pepper, turmeric, and nutmeg, and mix well.
Assembling the Bourekas:
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Roll out half of the puff pastry on the tray.
- Place the filling in the center, fold the pastry, and seal it well.
- Turn it over so that the seam is facing down.
- Brush with beaten egg, sprinkle sesame seeds, and gently score a few lines on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius (fan) for about 50-60 minutes, or until the bourekas are golden and crispy.
Preparing the Mushroom Sauce:
- Heat a little olive oil and sauté the onion until golden.
- Add the mushrooms and cook until the liquid they release evaporates.
- Add the garlic and sauté for about half a minute.
- Add the salt, turmeric, and pepper.
- Pour in one cup of boiling water.
- Dissolve the flour in the second cup of hot water and add it to the pot while stirring.
- Cook over medium heat until the sauce thickens.
Enjoy your meal!
