Home made Phyllo dough and Turkish Borek

ingredients :

for dough :

• 4 cups of all purpose flour
• 4 t.spoon of melted butter or margarine
• 1 egg
• 1/2 t.spoon of salt
• 1 cup of hot water

 for the filling :  

• 8 t.spoons melted butter (to brush the dough)
• 16 oz ground beef
• 1 onion (chopped)

topping:

• 2 eggs
• 2 table spoons of plain yogurt
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  

1. Stew the ground beef until for 10-15 minutes

add chopped onion and cook covered another 10-15 minutes...

Put 4 cups of flour in a bowl, add water, egg, salt and melted butter

kneed until you get  a smooth and soft dough. Cover it and let stand for 30 minutes

Make the topping. Beat the eggs, yogurt, baking soda. Set aside.

divide the dough into 6 "balls"

* Note:  use corn starch instead of flour to roll the dough

roll each "ball" out as thin as you can

 if you want you can roll 2 balls at once. Roll 1st one in a size of serving plate,
sift starch over it and put the second rolled dough

and roll

don't worry, they won't stick!

you can see now, how thin are they...

brush the dough with the melted butter

put 1/6 of filling (in room temperature)

and roll as rolls

then, place the phyllo dough rolls in a round greased pan as you can see in a picture below
and spread the topping over the dough.

Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown

Cover it with foil and let stand for 10-15 minutes.
You can serve it now and enjoy !!!