Paper-thin hand-rolled sheets brushed with oil, coiled into a spiral, and baked around a tangy sirene–yogurt filling—shattery outside, tender inside. 🫓🧀
Hook: Simple dough, big bakery payoff—coil, bake, and listen for the crackle. ⚡
Ingredients
Dough
🌾 All-purpose flour: 400 g (3⅓ cups / 14.1 oz)
💧 Warm water: 220 ml (¾ cup + 2 tbsp / 7.4 fl oz)
🫗 Sunflower oil: 15 ml (1 tbsp / 0.5 fl oz)
🍋 White vinegar (elasticity): 5 ml (1 tsp / 0.17 fl oz)
🧂 Salt: 6 g (1 tsp / 0.21 oz)
Filling
🧀 Sirene/feta, crumbled: 300 g (2 cups / 10.6 oz)
🥛 Thick plain yogurt: 200 g (¾ cup / 7 oz)
🥚 Eggs: 2 large (≈100 g / 3.5 oz)
🧂 Salt: to taste (≈1 g / ¼ tsp) — only if cheese is mild
⚫ Black pepper: 0.5 g (⅛ tsp / 0.02 oz)
Brushing & finish
🫗 Sunflower oil (for sheets): 80 ml (⅓ cup / 2.7 fl oz)
💧 Sparkling water (for lift on top): 30 ml (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
Preparation
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Total Time
🕒 Prep: 25 min (+ rest 30 min)
🔥 Cook: 35–45 min
⏳ Total: ~1 h 15–20 min
Nutritional Value
🔋 Energy: ~420 kcal
💪 Protein: ~15 g
🧈 Fat: ~22 g
🍞 Carbohydrates: ~40 g
🧂 Sodium: ~780 mg
Advice
Rested dough stretches ultrathin without tearing; keep the filling in thin ribbons so the spiral bakes flaky, not soggy.
Why it works
Vinegar strengthens gluten for elastic sheets; oil between layers fries the pastry in the oven; a light drizzle of sparkling water steams the top for extra lift before it crisps.
Twist
Go spinach–cheese (add 250 g well-squeezed spinach) or plain maslenik (no filling; brush generously with oil and finish with a honey drizzle).
Status
Crackle outside, creamy heart—Macedonian maslenik/maznik straight from the village oven. #grannyzen #macedonianpie 🥧🇲🇰
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