Raised Dough Borek

TURKISH VEGETARIAN COOKING

TURKISH PASTRIES (Börekler)

RAISED DOUGH BOREK (Mayalı Hamur Böreği)

4 cups flour
2 tablespoons dry granulated yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup warn water
2/3 cup melted margarine or oil
2 eggs beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cup oil (for frying)
1/2 cup butter

Filling: 1/2 1b cheese
 1/2 cup chopped parsley
 1 egg (beaten)

Measure 1 cup warn water into a large bowl and add 2 teaspoons sugar and sprinkle the dry yeast. Let this stand for 10 minutes and then stir it well. While the yeast is bubbling, combine 1 cup water, 2/3 cup margarine and salt and heat for margarine to melt. Pour this mixture over the yeast and add beaten eggs and 4 cups of flour gradually stirring well and pounding to make soft dough. Leave this dough in the bowl covering it with a damp dish towel. Let it rise until double in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours (in a warm place away from drafts.)

Turn out dough on a floured board and punch it down and divide it into two dozen golf-ball sized balls. Cover and start flattening them one by one with the palm of your hand into 4 inch circles and fill each with the cheese filling and close it to make it a half circle. Drop into bubbling oil and fry both sides until golden. Put it on a platter and making a long incision on the side of the puffed roll insert a teaspoon of butter and cover them while the rest are being fried.