Rice Paper Bureka
Savory Pastry out of Rice papers – with spinach and feta!
Equipment
- Baking Tray
- Wide Bowl to soak the rice papers in the mixture
Ingredients
For the Rice Papers
- 12 Rice Papers
- 1 Cup Olive Oil or Grape seed Oil
- ½ Cup Maple Syrup
- 5 Cups Water
- 3 Tsp Sesame Seeds or any other you'd like to sprinkle on top
Spinach and Feta Filling
- 4 Cloves Garlic Sliced
- 1 Large Onion Chopped
- 1 Bag Fresh Spinach Chopped or 3 cups of frozen spinach
- 1 Cup Vegan Feta Cheese of your choice Crumbled
- ½ Cup Chopped Parsley
- 1 Tsp Salt
- ½ Tsp Nutmeg Grated
- ½ Tsp White Pepper
Instructions
- Sauté the onion and garlic until cooked- on medium high heat in a wide pan.
- Add the spinach and stir until fully cooked.
- Add the crumbled Feta Cheese, spices and chopped parsley and mix well. remove from the stove and let cool.
- Place a parchment paper on a baking tray and rub it generously with oil
- In a wide bowl add the water and Maple syrup
- Dip 6 rice papers for 5-7 seconds and place them on the oiled baking tray right next to the other in such way that they are connected and are covering the tray
- Take the spinach stuffing and place it in a line across the rice paper, so you can roll the paper around the stuffing and wrap it. Roll it all the way, form a snake shape rolled rice paper
- Now that you have a spinach roll, roll the it around itself to form a shape of a snail's shell.
- Place the roll on the side, slightly oil the tray again and do the same for the second one. then place the 2 rolls back on the tray.
- Brush them again with a drizzle of oil and sprinkle sesame seeds or any seeds of your liking
- Bake them in a preheated oven on 200°C for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. You can eat them right away as they are ready or you can warm them up again few hours later so they will gain crisp again!
Notes
Recommended to serve them with fresh grated seasoned tomatoes for that you need:
1 or 2 grated tomatoes
2 tsp olive oil and 2 tsp of lemon juice
salt and pepper