Sigara Böreği (Cheese Rolls)

Crispy fried pastry rolls filled with feta and parsley; a Turkish teatime classic.

Ingredients

  • 2 yufka (thin dough sheets)
  • 200 g feta cheese
  • ½ bunch parsley
  • 1 cup vegetable oil

Method

  1. Crumble the feta and mix it with the finely chopped parsley.
  2. Cut each yufka sheet into 8 triangles.
  3. Put a spoonful of filling on the wide edge of each triangle, fold in the sides and roll up tightly; seal the tip with water.
  4. Fry the rolls in hot oil until golden all over and drain on paper towels.