Prep35 min
Cook45 min
Total80 min
A filo pie filled with cabbage or greens softened in oil — the savoury banitsa of the Bulgarian winter table.
Ingredients
Serves:8
Ingredients
- 500 g filo pastry sheets
- 800 g white cabbage, shredded
- 2 pieces onions, diced
- 200 g Bulgarian sirene, crumbled
- 3 pieces eggs
- 120 ml sunflower oil
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 60 ml sparkling water
- 1 tsp salt
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidence281kcal · per serving
5.2g
Protein
13.9g
Carbs
17.5g
Fat
Recipe total: 2245 kcal · P 41.5g · C 111g · F 139.8g
Estimated from 10 of 10 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Salt the shredded cabbage and leave it 20 minutes, then squeeze out the water in a cloth. Wet filling is the one thing that ruins a zelnik.
- 2Soften the onion in half the oil, add the cabbage and cook 15 minutes until it collapses and turns sweet.
- 3Stir in the paprika and pepper, take off the heat and cool completely — hot filling melts the filo.
- 4Beat two of the eggs and fold them through the cooled cabbage with the sirene.
- 5Brush a filo sheet with oil, spread a line of filling along one long edge and roll into a rope.
- 6Coil the ropes into a greased round tin, working from the centre outwards.
- 7Brush the top with the remaining oil and the last beaten egg, and sprinkle over the sparkling water.
- 8Bake at 180°C for 40-45 minutes until deep gold. Rest 15 minutes before cutting.
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Questions and answers
How long does Zelnik take to make?
About 80 minutes: 35 min prep and 45 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Zelnik?
10 ingredients: filo pastry sheets, white cabbage, onions, Bulgarian sirene, eggs, sunflower oil, paprika, black pepper, sparkling water, salt.
How many servings does this Zelnik recipe make?
8 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Zelnik?
About 281 kcal, with 5.2 g protein, 13.9 g carbohydrate and 17.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Zelnik recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Zelnik?
Zelnik comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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