Round, square or twisted into a snail, filled with minced meat, cheese or – quite unusually – with nettles – börek is a popular snack in the Balkan region. In Serbia, the inhabitants of the city of Niš are so crazy about their yufka pastries that they have launched their own börek festival. Our reporters took a look around three countries and asked them about the typical börek.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:40 Turkey
04:23 Serbia
05:17 Albania
06:03 Outro
CREDITS
Report: Anja Koch, Julia Hahn, Jelena Đukić Pejić, Elona Elezi
Camera: Yaşar Kaçmaz, Halil Taşkın, Jelena Đukić Pejić, Elona Elezi
Edit: Holm Weber
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus
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35 Comments
I ate a bad burek yesterday.
And what was he like?
me: it was great
The best börek are still made in Central Asia !!!!
Armenians!!!!
Exactly this is Albanian traditional food to different countries like , Turkey , Italy , Luxembourg……..
It is not the right choice of Börek laden for this documentary, there are far more nice Börekçi in all over Turkey, with many sorts and ingredients. This doc. has been a just short snapshot. Sorry.
DW you whoever recorded this video did a bit of injustice to Serbia and Albania showing most of the video in Turkey. That Turkish woman is wrong. In Turkey there is a term: Arnavut boregi. So, that tells volumes who nails byrek as we call it. Most people don't know Albanians were a huge part of the Ottoman Empire and Albania was under Ottoman empire for about half a century. Turkey and Serbia make similar style byreks whereas in Albania we use a rolling pin. Remember dear Germans, best byrek is the one baked in "sac" and you find that in our north region. However, best byreks are made in our southeast region.
All of them are tasty.
Borek rocks 😆
I been to turkey but they put to much oil, I think Albania byrek is the best when we make it at home, funny enough tonight I’m having byrek with fasule, nice 👍
Albania makes the best burek hands down. It comes in so many varieties and forms.
My favourite filling was with pumpkin.
As a Turk, I am indeed a Turk
turkish börek best, beef or cheese, potato …..
Lots of western "turks" are of balkan origin, you can see that clearly
The table of best borek countries;
1. Bosnia
2. Kosovo
3. Macedonia
4. Turkiye
5. Montenegro
6. Serbia
7. Albania
Hi look likes good food, thank you.
Persian food!
Burek is good
Round burek is real one! Vote Niš
Bosnian Borek rules!!
Börek is Turkic word 🇹🇷
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I think depends how good is the chef who makes the byrek rather then which country . byrek is made all over Balkan is cheap meal for breakfast or any time of day . 🇽🇰 🇦🇱
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Best is subjective
Bosnia has the best burek. Everyone knows that except DW.
FORGET about borek!
Bulgarian BANITSA is THE BEST!
I feel sorry for Bosnian people you should mention them to, they have great Burek
Börek with jogurt in the morning in Belgrade’s bakeries is something best in world🇷🇸❤️
I'm Turkish, but I've been living in western Europe for a long time. What I found is börek-loving peoples, we get along great as immigrants. Let börek lead the way to a future of peace and prosperity and even more obesity in Eastern Europe.
Türkiye; Su böreği❤
They all do it well.
As a Turk, I have tried the pastry made by Greeks, Bosnians, Serbs and Albanians, they all make it nice and delicious, but the real pastry in the is the original Turks.
Börek is a Turkish name so it’s obvious where it is originally from 🇹🇷😉. And also Turks have the most variety of Börek.
To me Balkan böreks taste almost the same, but Turkish böreks are very different even among themselves.
Which is the best depends on the quality and quantity of the ingredients and chef’s talent rather than the countries.
What about Çibörek?
You didnt even include bosnia and macedonia? Lol