Chushki Burek

Ingredients

• 8 pieces long red peppers
• 300 g Bulgarian sirene, crumbled
• 3 pieces eggs
• 3 tbsp parsley, chopped
• 100 g plain flour
• 300 ml sunflower oil, for frying
• 0.5 tsp black pepper

Steps

1. 1
   Roast the peppers until the skins blister, then seal them in a covered bowl for 10 minutes and slip the skins off.
2. 2
   Slit each pepper down one side and remove the seeds, keeping the stem and shape intact.
3. 3
   Mash the sirene with one egg, the parsley and black pepper.
4. 4
   Fill each pepper with the cheese mixture and press the slit closed.
5. 5
   Beat the remaining two eggs in one bowl and put the flour in another.
6. 6
   Roll each pepper in flour, then egg, then flour again.
7. 7
   Fry in hot oil 2 minutes per side until golden. Drain on paper and serve warm.