Bourekas or burekas are a popular baked pastry in Sephardic Jewish cuisine and Israeli cuisine. A variation of the burek, a popular pastry throughout southern Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, Israeli bourekas are made in a wide variety of shapes and a vast selection of fillings, and are typically made with either puff pastry, filo dough, or brik pastry, depending on the origin of the baker.
Typical Israeli bourekas, traditionally topped with sesame, poppy or nigella seeds.
Potato bourekas for sale at the Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Israel.
Bourekas served with Israeli salad, olives and feta cheese at an Israeli restaurant abroad.
Pizza bourekas made in a round shape.
Sephardic Jewish cuisine is an assortment of cooking traditions that developed among the Sephardi Jews.
Couscous with vegetables and chickpeas
Boyoz pastry, a regional specialty of İzmir, Turkey introduced to Ottoman cuisine by the Sephardim
Moroccan-style pickled lemons
Rice-stuffed peppers