How to Make Albanian Pie (Lakror)?

Turkish style Lakror-Albenian Byrek (Leek Pie) (Pırasalı Arnavut Böreği) Recipe

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"Lakror" or "Albanian Pie" is Albanian style byrek, that is taught by generation to generation and is filled with a variety of fillings. Popular fillings are, leek, spinach, ground meat and cheese. Also, leek and cheese, ground meat and onion mixture, onion, tomato and pepper are so famous fillings for this byrek. We, as Turkish people, like Albanian Byrek (Arnavut Böreği) very much and cook it very often. Also, there are a lot of Albenian-Turkish citizens in Turkey and we have many albenians friends. We have got many Albanian byrek recipes from them. Today, we are going to share our and our albenian friends favourite byrek’s recipe with you. Its name is Albanian leek pie.
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How to Make Turkish style Lakror-Albenian Byrek (Leek Pie)?

Ingredients:

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For dough;
5 - 5,5 Cups all purpose flour,
2 - 2,5 Cups lukewarm water,
2 Tablespoons grape vinegar,
1/2 Teaspoon ground mahalep cherry, (optional), (we generally use it, but in this recipe we didn’t use),
1 Tablespoon olive oil,
For fillings;
750 or 1000 gr Leeks, washed and chopped roughly, (both green and white parts),
1 Normal size onion, finely chopped,
1 Teaspoon tomatoes paste,
1/2 Teaspoon salt, ground black pepper and red pepper flakes to taste,
3 Tablespoons olive oil,
1 Tablespoon water,
For greasing the pieces of dough;
1/4 Cup melted Butter, (Nearly 50 gr),
1/2 Cup vegetable oil, (mix the melted butter and vegetable oil),
2 or 3 Tablespoons yogurt for brushing over the top, (lastly, add yogurt into butter and vegetable oil mixture and mix them),

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Preparation:
1- First of all, put your all ingredients on the work-table. Then, firstly, let’s prepare the byrek’s dough! Its just like making pizza dough except there is no yeast added. So, we need a large and deep bowl. Then add your flour, vinegar, olive oil and mahalep cherry. Then pour your lukewarm water and stir to combine well. We mean that; knead the dough until it turns to smooth and elastic. Add more flour if its too watery or add more water if its too dry. Five cups flour and 2 cups water should work fine. After your done kneading, let the dough rest in a plastic bowl and cover. The dough should rest for at least half and hour. While the dough is resting make the filling.
2- For preparation of filling; Cook the onion, tomato paste with olive olive in a cast iron pan. We mean that; soften the onion and tomato paste with olive oil for about couple of minutes on a skillet. Then add chopped leeks, salt, ground black pepper and red pepper flakes and cook nearly 5 - 7 minutes. Then set your filling aside.
3- Then, take the dough and knead it for a while to take some of the air out. Then, split the dough two equal pieces. One of them will be a bottom layer of byrek, other one will be a top layer of byrek. Simple way of making layers! Roll each ball of your dough into one thin layer, cut about 8-10 slits, brush melted butter and vegetable oil mixture on each piece and flip over one by one. Then, all the layers pressed together and roll over each piece again. Then, fold over for easy transfer into oven tray.
4- Place your bottom layer dough into oven tray and then put leeks and onion filling over it. And spoon over filling evenly over the bottom layer of dough. Then, drizzle some melted butter and vegetable oil mixture along edges and all around. Then, roll over the top layer and fold in the edges to make the crust, lastly, spoon over the melted butter, vegetable oil and yogurt mixture. Cut your byrek/lakror in wedges like a pizza or square shape size! Then, bake it in the oven at 180°C (375°F).
5- Your Albenian Byrek/Pie or Lakror is ready when the top layer poofs up like it is golden colour. It takes 40-45 minutes. Then, cover it, and allow to rest for 20 minutes.
6- Serve it as warm and with a bowl of homemade yogurt, also a glass of Turkish tea goes well with Albenian Byrek.
Enjoy!

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