Banitsa with ready-made crusts is the lazy, no less delicious reading of the traditional Bulgarian banitsa. The cheese pie has remained an important part of the home kitchen and is being prepared more and more often by both beginners and advanced cooks. Although in traditional pie, the crusts are rolled by hand, it takes time and effort, and nowadays we can use ready-made crusts to speed up the process of making this doughy deliciousness.
Ready-made pie crusts have become increasingly popular in recent years because they are easy to use and can be found in almost any grocery store or supermarket.
Classic Bulgarian Banitsa with ready crusts
It is recommended to use round ready-made sach shells. In this recipe, I have used Odrin crusts, but the pie is almost equally delicious with other similar ready-made crusts.
Necessary products
- 1 pack of ready-made crusts (round, preferably sach)
- 300-250 g of cheese (can also be sheep, it makes the pastry even tastier);
- 5 eggs;
- 400-500 g bucket of yogurt;
- 100 ml of carbonated water;
- 1 baking powder;
- 100 g of butter;
- oil.
How to make a pie with ready-made crusts
We start by mixing yogurt, eggs, carbonated water and baking powder in a bowl. You can also use ordinary lukewarm water, but with carbonated water, the cake puffs up more and becomes fluffier. You take the first bark from the pack and grow it. Spread out the first crust, brush it with oil.
Prepare a silicone brush (optional). You can brush onto the bark for an even spread of c or scoop onto the bark in a circular motion. Crumble cheese all over the crust, spreading it out so everyone has it.
Once you’ve arranged the crusts in the pan, there’s only one more step left. Melt the butter and brush the crusts well on top. Thus, you will get a delicious and crispy, well-baked pie.
We hope that your pie with ready-made crusts turned out as tasty and appetizing with this easy recipe.
Serve slightly cooled with yogurt and the idyll is complete.
We couldn’t ask for more from this recipe, almost everything is done before we even start making it. The crusts are served to us on a baking sheet, all you have to do is mix the mixture, roll the crusts and bake the pie. Depending on your oven, if it has a fan, bake the pie at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes, and without fans, set the degrees to 200.
Enjoy!
In 2023, in the city of Byala, Ruse region, a record was set for the largest pie. It weighed 185 kg and had a diameter of 358 cm. It was prepared for the Feast of Wheat and Bread, which is celebrated every year on July 8.
