Cheese Pie with Middle Eastern Flatbread

I was thinking to share this recipe for sometimes. After another great success on last Friday night at our neighbours' house warming party(every guests loved it literally! ) I think it's the time to share this recipe. It is extremely easy version this cheese pie. In Turkish cuisine this cheese pie its called as 'peynirli borek' and we generally make with yufka(dry pastry leaves), feta cheese, parsley and some seasoning. My version is with Middle Eastern flat bread which is easier to find at any Middle eastern food grocery shop in the UK. 

Ingredients for Peynirli Borek

1 pack of middle eastern flat bread(generally 3-4 flat bread in a pack)
300 gr Feta cheese (could be substitute half quantity feta and half fresh mozzarella cheese)
big bunch of Parsley(could be substitute with coriander or dill), chopped
2 medium eggs
150ml milk
100ml olive oil
Sesame or nigella seed for topping

Heat the oven 175C

First drop little amount of olive oil into baking tray and brush it all around. Then put two flat bread slices as covering to whole tray edge. Preferably leave a little amount of flat bread hanging out from  edge of the tray(like in below picture) 

Sprinkle 300gr feta cheese like in above picture. Then sprinkle on top chopped parsley(or any other herb) then add a little bit seasoning. Keep in mind don't put extra salt as feta cheese will be salty enough. Sprinkle little bit olive oil. Cover with another layer of flat bread. Fold the edges inside the tray. 

In a bowl crack two eggs and whisk lightly add milk and olive oil and mix well. Pour the batter over the pastry and make sure every part covered with batter. Sprinkle some nigella seeds or sesame seeds on top. Then put into heated oven for 20-25 minutes. After baked you can serve immediately as hot or could be served as cold as well. It's ideal for lunch to serve with Greek salad or any seasonal salad. Specially in summer ideal to serve with watermelon. If there is any leftover keep it in airtight container and in the fridge. Whenever time to serve just heat in a saucepan over small fire  5-10 minutes or for a 2-3 minutes at very low temperature in the microwave.

As an alternative instead of cheese filling grated and cooked potato filling or cooked mince meat with some sultanas could be used.

Enjoy your peynirli borek! 

Chef Tulay