Feta (White Cheese) Recipes
58 recipes with feta, including Banitsa, Patatnik and Popara. 49 are vegetarian and 15 take less than 30 minutes.
Chilaquiles Rojos
Mexico's breakfast for using up yesterday's tortillas — crisp fried tortilla wedges tossed in a red chilli and tomato salsa, topped with fried eggs, crumbled cheese, cream, onion and coriander.
Roasted Red Pepper Soup
An autumn soup of red peppers roasted until blistered, peeled and blended with roasted tomato, onion and garlic — the charring gives it a sweet, smoky depth, and crumbled white cheese on top adds salt.
Sirene Baked in Foil
A slab of sirene baked in a foil parcel with tomato, pepper, butter and savory until soft and steaming — the simplest Bulgarian hot meze, opened at the table so the steam and the buttery juices escape there.
Courgette Banitsa
Filo layered with grated courgettes, sirene, eggs and dill and baked until crisp — the summer banitsa Bulgarian cooks make when the courgettes come in faster than they can be eaten.
Trahana
Trahana is the dried, crumbled dough of flour and yoghurt that Bulgarian villages made each late summer; in winter it is simmered into a thick porridge and served with butter, paprika and crumbled sirene for breakfast.
Whipped Feta Dip
Greek feta whipped with thick yoghurt, lemon and olive oil into a light, salty cream, swirled into a bowl under chilli-warmed honey — the modern mezze dip, done in ten minutes.
Village-Style Gyuveche
Individual clay pots of mushrooms, peppers, onion and tomato baked with sirene and topped with an egg and kashkaval — the hearty tavern gyuveche, served sizzling in the pot it baked in.
Lazy Banitsa
Lazy banitsa skips the filo: a batter of eggs, yoghurt and flour with plenty of crumbled sirene, poured into a tin and baked until puffed — the Bulgarian breakfast pie for mornings with no time to layer sheets.
Chips with Grated Sirene
Bulgaria's favourite side and bar snack — hand-cut chips fried twice for crunch and buried under finely grated sirene while still hot, so the salty cheese clings and softens.
Solenki
Solenki are Bulgarian savoury sticks of short butter-and-yoghurt dough with sirene, brushed with egg and scattered with sesame and salt — the crunchy nibble set out with drinks at name days and parties.
Omelette with Sirene
A soft folded omelette filled with crumbled sirene and parsley and cooked in butter — the five-minute Bulgarian breakfast, salty enough from the cheese that it needs no extra salt.
Roasted Pumpkin Salad with Feta
An autumn salad of pumpkin and red onion roasted until caramelised at the edges, served warm over rocket with crumbled feta, toasted pumpkin seeds and a balsamic dressing.
Dakos
The Cretan meze — a hard barley rusk softened under grated ripe tomato, crumbled feta, oregano and a generous pour of olive oil, which the rusk drinks up as it sits.
Leek Banitsa
A coiled filo banitsa filled with leeks softened in butter, sirene and eggs — the winter variation on the Bulgarian classic, sweeter and softer than the plain cheese version.
Princesi (Bulgarian Cheese Toasts)
Princesi are Bulgarian open-faced toasts baked in the oven — here the breakfast version, with sirene, egg and kashkaval spread right to the edges of the bread. The other classic is topped with seasoned mince.
Tortilla Soup
Mexico City's sopa de tortilla — a broth of charred tomato and dried chillies poured over crisp fried tortilla strips, then topped with avocado, crumbled cheese, soured cream and lime.
Arepas
The everyday corn bread of Venezuela and Colombia — rounds of pre-cooked maize dough seared on a griddle until crusted, split while hot and filled with butter, black beans, white cheese and avocado.
Huevos Rancheros
The Mexican ranch breakfast — fried eggs on lightly crisped corn tortillas with fried black beans, smothered in a warm roasted tomato and chilli salsa and finished with crumbled cheese, avocado and coriander.
Potato Kyufteta
Bulgarian potato patties — mashed potato bound with egg, sirene and dill, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried until crisp. A thrifty way to use boiled potatoes, eaten hot with yoghurt or cold the next day.
Stuffed Mushrooms with Sirene
Mushroom caps filled with their chopped stalks, onion, sirene and parsley, topped with kashkaval and baked until bubbling — a Bulgarian party appetiser that can be filled hours ahead and baked at the last minute.
Baked Potatoes with Sirene
Sliced potatoes baked under crumbled sirene and a yoghurt-and-egg topping that sets into a golden crust — a Bulgarian home dish that turns a bag of potatoes and a block of cheese into dinner.
Courgette Kyufteta
Grated courgette patties with sirene, egg and dill, fried until golden and served with garlicky yoghurt — the Bulgarian answer to a summer glut. Squeezing the courgettes dry is what keeps them from falling apart.
Sirene po Shopski
Bulgarian white cheese baked in a clay pot with tomato, green pepper and butter, with an egg cracked on top for the last minutes — the Sofia-region meze that comes to the table bubbling, with bread for the buttery juices.
Bulgarian Baked Macaroni
The Bulgarian school-canteen classic — macaroni baked in a custard of eggs, milk and yoghurt with crumbled sirene until the top puffs and browns. It sets firm enough to cut into squares, warm or cold.
Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with feta are on svcs.bg?
58: 43 cooking recipes, 13 salads and 2 sauces.
What is the quickest recipe with feta?
Popara, in about 10 minutes. Omelette with Sirene (11 min) and Whipped Feta Dip (12 min) are quick too.
Are there vegetarian recipes with feta?
Yes, 49 of the 58 are vegetarian, for example Chilaquiles Rojos, Roasted Red Pepper Soup and Sirene Baked in Foil.
What goes with feta in these recipes?
Most often yoghurt (16), peppers (12) and potatoes (5) (the number of recipes is in brackets).
How is a recipe with feta chosen?
From its ingredient list, not its name: a recipe is here when its ingredients include feta. Stocks, seasonings and lines like "water for the rice" don't count. The list updates itself with every new recipe.