Pastry Filled with Cheese and Fruit (Montenegrin Gibanica) is a pastry made of filo or phyllo dough and filled with layers of a different fruits such as raspberry, strawberries, apricot and cheese.Gibanica is a traditional pastry dish popular all over the Balkans.

Pastry filled with cheese and fruit Montenegrin Gibanica
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Pastry Filled with Cheese and Fruit (Montenegrin Gibanica)

Pastry Filled with Cheese and Fruit (Montenegrin Gibanica) is a pastry made of filo or phyllo dough and filled with layers of a different fruits such as raspberry, strawberries, apricot and cheese. After is baked is sprinkle with confectioners sugar and served alongside some fresh berries.
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time51 mins
Total Time1 hr 19 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Montenegro
Keyword: apricot, cottage cheese, eggs, sour cream
Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • 1 can apricot pastry filling
  • can raspberry pastry filling
  • 8 oz package cream cheese
  • 1/3 cup sugar granulated
  • 1 lb cottage cheese small curd
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 zest of 1 lemon
  • 4 oz melted butter
  • 6 large eggs separated
  • 1/2 lb filo dough
  • powdered sugar for topping
  • Fresh raspberries for garnish

Instructions

For the cheese filling

  • Use a large bowl to beat the cream cheese until you get a smooth texture.
  • Then add sugar, the cottage cheese, and zest of 1 lemon.
  • One by one beat in the egg yolks and then add the sour cream and continue to beat.
  • The egg white beat into a separate bowl until stiff.
  • Add it to the bowl with the cheese mixture and set aside.

To prepare the Gibanica

  • Preheat the oven to 350F/180C degrees
  • Lightly grace a 13x9 baking pan.
  • First start with placing one piece of phyllo dough on the bottom and lightly brush with butter.
  • Same steps with another piece of phyllo dough then add half the cheese mixture on top and spread it.
  • Again placing one piece of phyllo dough and lightly buttering it and repeat the steps with one more piece of phyllo dough.
  • Now add the one of the fruit spread filling and add two more pieces of filo dough, buttering each one.
  • Use the other fruit spread to cover the dough and add two more pieces of filo dough, lightly buttering each one.
  • Add the remaining of the cheese filling and spread.
  • And then add the last two pieces of filo dough, buttering each one.
  • place it in the oven and bake for 55 minutes.
  • After it cools down sprinkle some powdered sugar and serve with some other type of fresh berries.

Inspiration and adaptation: internationalcuisine.com, wikipedia.org, thefooddictator.com

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