Tikvenik

Name: Tikvenik
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bulgarian
Ingredients: 600g pumpkin, grated; 8 sheets phyllo dough; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon

Тиквеник/teek-VEH-nik/

Also known as: Pumpkin Banitsa

About this dish

A spiral pastry of thin phyllo layered with sweetened, spiced pumpkin filling.

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Ingredients

🎃600g pumpkin, grated

🥐8 sheets phyllo dough

🍬1/2 cup sugar

🌰1 tsp cinnamon

Method

Serves 4

Mix grated pumpkin with sugar, cinnamon, and chopped walnuts.

Spread the filling along phyllo sheets and roll into logs.

Coil the logs into a spiral in a round baking pan.

Brush with oil or butter.

Bake at 180°C (350°F) until golden and crisp.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tikvenik is a traditional Bulgarian pumpkin pastry, commonly made in autumn using fresh pumpkin.

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