Breakfast
Brânzoaică (Romanian cheese pie)
A flaky Romanian pie filled with fresh cheese, eggs and crème fraîche, baked until the pastry is golden and crisp. It's served warm for breakfast or as an afternoon snack, with a yoghurt or a cup of tea.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Garniture
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
731 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 15.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 75 g
- Fat
- 39.9 g
- of which saturated fat
- 24.9 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C and butter a 26 cm round tin.
- Mash the fresh cheese with a fork together with the curd cheese until creamy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, then the cream, baking powder, salt, pepper and finely chopped chives.
- Lay one sheet of pastry in the tin, brush it with melted butter and sprinkle with semolina.
- Repeat with 5 or 6 sheets, staggering them so they cover the edges of the tin.
- Pour the cheese filling over the pastry, then fold the overhanging edges over the top.
- Cover with 2 or 3 more buttered sheets, and brush the top with egg yolk.
- Bake for 35 minutes until the surface is well browned, then let it cool slightly before slicing.
Variations and tips
Sweet version. Replace the chives with 2 tablespoons of sugar and add vanilla; serve dusted with icing sugar.
Making do with what you have. Brânză de burduf can be replaced with well-drained feta, and filo with brick sheets or ready-made puff pastry.
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Original Ecomely recipe.