A favorite breakfast after a night out here in Serbia – burek (and elsewhere in the Balkans too, ofc)

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by Porodicnostablo

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  3. It’s really good for soaking up the booze from the night before. I miss it 🥲

  6. We have a local Balkan hut near to my place in malmö that’s serve the best burek! When you wander home drunk and get a burek instead of a burger or kebab is a good day

  7. Except in Bosnia, they decided only meat burek is the real burek, although the firs burek ever recorded was with cheese. So they are not enjoying it, they are making everyone’s lives miserable with their sirnica.

  8. Curious, how is the avg quality over there? I love any kind of borek but in Turkey they use the shittiest oil and cheese, its guaranteed to have reflux afterwards.

  9. In my city (Munich) more and more Balkan bakeries are popping up, but the quality is so low in my experience 🥲 Most cheese burek are made with “Kombi” Cheese that’s half palm oil. If you ever ate a Kombi Cheese pure, you will always identify that trash.

    Whenever I am in Vienna I enjoy some balkan food, much better quality!

  10. And after a wild night out, you have some tripe soup and a beer 😅

  11. blessed be the burek and baklava shop in my small Swiss town 🙏

  12. ***Börek*** or **burek** or **byrek** is a family of pastries or pies made in the Middle East and the Balkans. The pastry is made of a thin flaky [dough](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dough) such as [filo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filo) with a variety of fillings, such as meat, cheese, spinach, or potatoes. A borek may be prepared in a large pan and cut into portions after baking, or as individual pastries. They are usually baked but some varieties can be fried. Borek is sometimes sprinkled with [sesame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame) or [nigella seeds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_seed), and it can be served hot or cold.

    Throughout the Balkan peninsula and in Turkey, it is commonly served with [ayran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayran) or [yogurt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt). It is a custom of [Sephardic Jews](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephardic_Jews) to have [*bourekas*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourekas) for their [Shabbat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbat) breakfast meal on Saturday mornings.

  17. Slovenia agrees. Burek Olimpija Ljubljana? Are you fkin kidding me?!?!

  18. Just bought one today at 4 am after drinking. One of the best feelings in the world. 

  20. Try “Komplet lepinja” it’s gonna change your life

  21. I have seen a sandwich made of bread buns with a piece of burek inside it as a patty.

  22. If you’re daily breakfast is really going to be a burek you’ll definitely get overweight.

  23. Yeah, if you’re 21. Right now if I ate that I would be incapable of anything for half a day. Super heavy food.

  25. During the Yugoslavian war, my parents helped a lot of refugees that came here. With bureaucracy, doctors and everyday stuff. The people didn’t have any money, so to give something back we were very often invited for dinner, and I got spoiled with the best home made burek and a some other sticky fatty bread (that you would pluck from with your hands). I don’t know any bakery here that has it, I have the best memories of this stuff. When I was in Croatia some years ago, I tried the burek there, it was good, but different. My parents said most of the refugees were from Bosnia, maybe there are local differences? Would love to have this again some day 🙂

  27. As someone who doesn’t even live in Europe, what is that?, I’m curious

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