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The best Balkan bureks in town come from this unassuming Astoria pizza parlor. These rotund flaky pies-fabricated from phyllo dough and well-oiled-come stuffed with a choice of ground meat, cheese, or spinach and cheese. The spinach is preferred, with cheese a close second. Order a mug of the homemade yogurt to go with it, to be poured over the top or used as a dip for pieces torn from the massive pie ($12), which easily feeds four. Other non-Italian offerings include a sorrel-laced veal goulash, and grilled cevapi, skinless mixed-meat sausages fragrant with onion.
Though Burektorja Dukagjini clearly produces the best espresso, the prize for burek formation belongs to an Astorian joint: HOUSE OF PIZZA. Pick cheese, spinach and cheese, or meat, and get a well-browned spare tire of a pie that feeds four, made from flaky pastry sheets something like filo. More »
Burek Central used to be Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where a half-dozen Serbian bars served up the fabulous flaky pies called bureks, as big and round as spare tires and bulging with cheese and spinach. Now, with the influx of Bosnian Muslim refugees... More »
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