Egg, Cheese and Phyllo Casserole (banitsa)
Greek dish with phyllo dough, kashkaval cheese, cut in small pieces, sirene.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- Greece
Ingredients
- 2 packets phyllo dough
- 200 grams kashkaval cheese, cut in small pieces
- 500 grams sirene
- 7 eggs
- 100 grams butter
- ½ cup soda water
- 1 cup yogurt
Steps
- Mix 6 of the eggs, the grated butter, both cheeses, and the yogurt.
- In a buttered pan, lay a layer of the phyllo dough.
- Spread a layer of the mixture.
- Continue alternating layers so that the phyllo and the mixture are finished about the same time.
- Finish with a layer of phyllo dough on top.
- Cut the banitsa into serving pieces.
- Mix the last egg with the soda water.
- Stir well.
- Pour the egg mixture over the banitsa.
- Make sure there are no pieces of the phyllo dough left dry.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (390 °F) for 40 minutes, or until golden.
- Enjoy!
Adapted from “Egg, Cheese and Phyllo Casserole (Banitsa)”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.