26 | Tekst/Words: Radmila Nikolić Fotografije/Photography: iStock The uniqueness of the taste of burek from Niš has been con- rmed by many foreign and local tourists. And it was actually in this city in 1498 that the rst round burek,made inacircularbaking tray, was baked – produced by one Mehmed Ogla, a renownedbaker fromIstanbul. It was soon after this that burekquicklymadeahome for itself in the cuisines ofmany Balkan countries that formed parts of the Ottoman Empire. According to Bratislav Vukadinović, President of the Union of Bakers of Niš today, the secret of the famous Nishki burek is that the same recipehasbeen used since 1498, with the only di erence being that fat of vegetable origin has been replaced by animal fat. “Burek is still made today exclusively in circular baking trays, weighing1.2 kgwhen rawandprecisely one kilogram once baked. It requires 200 grams of cheese and the same amount of lard, and it’s very important that the our is good. In this sense it should be elastic, able to be developed into the thinnest possible crust and to have, as we bakers say, energy, or strength, to withstand a wide, broken crust. Burek is something that foreigners coming to Niš notice rst, after the parks and the hospitality of the people, because when they ask what they could try, the response they receive is - burek, rakijabrandy andpljeskavicaburger.Then they say that the burek is the best, the rakija is excellent and the pljeskavisa burgers are fanatic. Burek is somehow ranked rst,”saysVukadinović. Bratislav Vukadinović, predsednik Unije pekara Niš, kaže da je tajna čuvenog niškog bureka u tome što se koristi receptura iz 1498. godine, samo što se danas umesto masnoća biljnog porekla, koristi životinjska mast. – Burek i danas pravimo isključivo u okrugloj tepsiji, sirov teži 1,2 kilograma, a pečen tačno jedan kilogram. Potrebno je 200 grama sira i isto toliko masti, a veoma je važno da brašno bude dobro. Pritom se misli na to da bude elastično, kako bi se razvila što tanja kora, i da ima, kako mi pekari kažemo, energije, odnosno snage da izdrži široku, razbijenu koru. Burek je nešto što stranac koji dođe u Niš primeti odmah posle parkova i gostoljubivosti ljudi, jer na pitanje šta bi mogao da proba, dobije odgovor: burek, rakiju i pljeskavicu. Onda kažu da je najbolji burek, da je rakija odlična, a pljeskavica fantastična. Burek je nekako na prvommestu – kaže Vukadinović. PROBAJTE NAJBOLJI BUREK USRBIJI TRY THE BEST BUREK PIE IN SERBIA KAD STE VEĆ U NIŠU… WHILE INNIŠ… iStock / FotoZlaja
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