Beef Bourekas
Tami Cohen Shapira shared this recipe for meat-filled bourekas in honor of her son Ziv Pepe Shapira, who was killed on October 7. This recipe is part of the commemorative project “A Place at the Table.”
Bourekas
Borekitas With Eggplant or Cheese Filling
This recipe from Levana Lowenstein for simpler borekitas with eggplant or with cheese for Shabbat breakfast or Shavuot.
Pizza Bourekas
What is your favorite bourekas? Most Israeli children are likely to answer: pizza. The Turks would not necessarily approve of the Israeli pizza-flavored filling, but Israelis know what they like, and the pizza bourekas has become a local icon. As a hybrid created in the 1980s, it combines the best of everything — pizza tomato sauce, melting cheese, and sometimes green olives.
Water Bourekas with Crab Meat
Recipe for Michael Gartofsky’s water bourekas (su börek) made of layers of delicate, paper-thin dough, stuffed with leeks and herbs, and served with buttery crab meat on top.
The Journey of Bourekas
We traced the flakey pastry’s many transformations and fascinating voyage from the meals of nomads to royal tables, and from street stands to hot restaurants.