Recipe: Perfect Boureki without filo from Chania

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Boureki without filo from Chania. Great recipe for Boureki without filo from Chania. A zucchini and potato pie, but without filo. Recipe by ΛαδοΜπούκι Cretan Boureki- A Vegetarian Specialty.

This version - often called a haniotiko boureki - or a boureki from Chania - is one of the easiest.

Boureki is a zucchini and potato gratin from the city of Chania in Crete.

It's rich and tasty with all of the Greek cheeses: feta, ricotta, and kefalotiri.

You can cook Boureki without filo from Chania using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Boureki without filo from Chania

1. Prepare 500 g of potatoes cut into thin slices.

2. Prepare 500 g of zucchini cut into thin slices.

3. Prepare 750 of gr mizithra.

4. Prepare 1 of ripe tomato finely chopped or grated.

5. It’s of spearmint.

6. You need of salt, pepper.

7. You need 1 cup of olive oil.

This dish is a great option for entertaining because it can me made ahead.

This version is without filo pastry at all as I enjoy the taste of the vegetables and cheese alone, I also like to add extra mint and cook for a long period of time to ensure potatoes are well cooked.

Cover the bottom of the roasting pan with potatoes.

It can be made with a filo pastry crust, but I prefer this slightly lighter version.

Boureki without filo from Chania step by step

1. Peel the potatoes and grate the skin of the zucchini, wash well and cut into thin slices in a pyrex baking tray..

2. Put the tomato and the finely chopped spearmint on top of the zucchini and potatoes..

3. Mix the mizithra, salt, pepper and spread them in the baking tray..

4. Finally, add the oil and a bit of water and place in the oven at 180 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours..

You can easily make this wheat-free by leaving out the flour but this will result in a wetter dish.

I am currently on the third week of my holiday and I decided to share with you a lovely summer recipe which turned out really good and I will be definitely making it again: a courgette and potato pie from Chania, Crete, also called boureki.

The boureki is basically a pie, either crustless or with phyllo, consisting of layers upon layers of courgettes (zucchini), potatoes and the local myzithra.

Boureki - potato & zucchini pie is a delicious summer pie found in Crete, Greece.

Typically made in the summertime when there is an abundance of vegetables and fresh herbs, but can easily be enjoyed year-round.