Sirnica (Layered Cheese Phyllo Pie)
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- Total time
- 90 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 6 servings
- Ingredients
- 9
About this dish
Rather than coiling the pie into a spiral, this version is built flat in a rectangular pan, the slagana way, with seven layers of cheese filling between sheets of phyllo.
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The filling is feta and ricotta mixed with sour cream and eggs. Once baked, the pie is doused with warm milk and melted butter, returned to the switched-off oven for a few minutes and rested for 30 minutes before cutting.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Crumble the feta and mix with the ricotta, sour cream, eggs and salt into an evenly combined filling.
- 2
Melt 6 tablespoons butter and mix with the canola oil.
Use a little to grease an approximately 27×39 cm rectangular pan. Prepare 16 phyllo sheets and divide the filling into 7 portions; fold oversized sheets to fit.
- 3
Lay down one sheet and brush thinly with the fat mixture, then add and brush a second sheet.
Spread one portion of filling over it and repeat. Finish with the last two sheets, enclosing the filling, and brush with the remaining fat mixture.
- 4
Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes, rotate the pan and bake for another 15-20 minutes.
If the top darkens too quickly, reduce to 180°C or cover with foil; the egg filling in the center should be set rather than runny.
- 5
While the pie bakes, warm the milk with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter until melted.
Distribute over the baked pie, turn off the oven and return the pie for about 5 minutes. Remove, rest for 30 minutes and cut into 6 portions.
References checked
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- Phyllo Cheese Pie (Slagana Sirnica)
Balkan Lunch Box / Aida · Checked: 2026-09-07
- Spinach Phyllo Pie: pan-size reference only
Balkan Lunch Box / Aida · Checked: 2026-09-07
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