Rolls of phyllo are formed into a cheese burek from Djerdan Burek. Photo: Melissa Hom In Bosnia, you can find burek bakeries on every corner. Burek, after all, is a staple of Balkan cuisine, familiar ...

To prepare the burek, start with the phyllo dough: in a bowl, pour the flour, salt (1), vinegar (2), and oil (3). Knead with your hands, gradually adding the water (4). Once all the ingredients are ...

In order to make hundreds of burek each day, you have to move quickly. These baked treats are produced en masse by just one person at the busy City Fresh Market in West Rogers Park. "We like to refer ...

Burek are meat or cheese pies encased in a flaky, layered phyllo crust, often served in countries such as Turkey, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria and elsewhere in southeastern Europe. Luckily, you can find ...

Sometimes, watching a dish being made is as much fun as eating it. Given the deliciousness of Jasenko Osmic’s burek — a steaming, meat-and-potato-stuffed pastry — that’s an awful lot of fun. At Balkan ...

Cutting into the burek at Blend’s in Dongan Hills. Photo: Alison Viana Cutting into the burek at Blend’s in Dongan Hills. Photo: Alison Viana Scrolling through TikTok recently, I came across a short ...