BALKAN CHEESE BöREK

For the salad:

500g plum tomatoes, or baby plum tomatoes, halved

One red pepper, seeded and sliced thinly

One large red onion, sliced thinly Three tablespoons Extra-Virgin olive oil

One tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar A small bunch of flatleaf parsley, finely chopped

Maldon salt and freshly-ground black pepper FIRSTLY, MAKE UP YOUR FILLING MIXTURE: Put the spinach into a sieve over a bowl and allow it to defrost, then press into the sieve to extract as much moisture as possible. Then, wrap it in a clean tea-towel and squeeze it hard over the sink to make it as dry as possible, then set aside.

In a wide bowl, blend the three cheeses with the yoghurt and beaten eggs and mix until smooth, then add the spinach and plenty of seasoning. TO MAKE UP THE BöREK SAUSAGE: Lay out two filo sheets, just overlapping, with the long side facing you, and brush well with melted butter.

Lay out two more sheets on top of the buttered filo, and butter again.

Now you have this template, just keep adding and buttering the sheets until half the pastry is used up.

Spoon half of the spinach and cheese mixture neatly along the nearest edge to you in a long thin pile, making sure it’s evenly spread, then gently start to roll up the pastry, brushing the outside with butter as you go, eventually forming a nice evenly-sized tube.

Repeat the process with the remaining pastry and filling.

Brush your cake tin with plenty of butter and carefully roll one of your tubes tightly into a spiral.

Place this in the centre of the tin, and wrap the remaining pastry sausage around this.

Hopefully it will be sitting neatly, filling the dish. Brush with one more load of butter and sprinkle with nigella seeds.

Heat the oven to 180ºC / Gas 4 and bake for 40-45 minutes until golden and crunchy.

As it bakes, make up the salad: Toss the ingredients together in a bowl at the last minute, and tip into a suitable serving bowl.

Remove the börek from the oven, drizzle with a little runny honey, and allow the dish to cool a little before serving in generous wedges with the salad.