Tikvenik (Pumpkin Strudel)
A traditional Bulgarian coiled filo pastry filled with grated pumpkin, sugar and walnuts.
Ingredients
| 1 | pack filo (banitsa) pastry sheets | |
| 400 g | pumpkin | |
| 2 tea cups | sugar | |
| 1 tea cup | breadcrumbs | |
| 2 tbsp | 30 ml | oil |
| 1 tea cup | walnuts |
Instructions
Grate the pumpkin on the coarse grater. Sprinkle each pastry sheet with oil, then scatter with breadcrumbs, sugar, walnuts and pumpkin. Roll it into a log and shape it into a coil in a greased tray. Process each following sheet the same way and wrap it around the previous one. Once the tikvenik is coiled, sprinkle it with oil, place it in a preheated oven and bake until done.