GIBANICA – CHEESE PIE

GIBANICA – CHEESE PIE

Gibanica cheese pie or Prisnac, as it is called in the north of Backa, is one of the favourite hot appetizers of Vojvodina. This is a kind of dish with thin phyllo dough, in which you put a lot of young cow cheese or slices of so-called svapski (from Schwaben) or cottage cheese, which is rolled into phyllo dough and baked in a pan. Formerly a privileged well off households, it is an indispensable part of formal dinners, weddings, anniversaries, balls, but can be prepared with no special occasion and the joy of bites with the fullness of flavour is always a pleasure.

 

Ingredients

(12 people)

1 kg young cheese slices; 500 g thin phyllo dough;10 eggs; 2 dl oil

 

Preparation

Gibanica cheese pie is baked in the pan, which is first smeared with grease, then covered with phyllo dough. Today they are bought, and in earlier times used to be prepared in almost every household. A tablespoon is used to add cheese, which is pre-mixed with eggs and lard. Then the mixture is rolled into the phyllo dough, and the resulting “bars” are coated with fat and cut into slices. This is baked in the oven for 90 minutes at a temperature of 150°C. After baking the pins are cut into slices and serve on plates. Serve warm as an appetizer. It is eaten with a knife and fork, or you may use your fingers.

 

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