Bosnian burek

Sve su pite pitice a burek je pitac!!!

(This means that burek-  meat-filled pastry is most important ) Burek is masculine, and all other pies are feminine- sirnica, zeljanica, krompirusa, tikvenjaca and so on.

Bosnian burek

In the former Yugoslavia, burek, also known as pita, is an extremely common dish.

It may be eaten for any meal of the day.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina a burek is a meat-filled pastry, traditionally rolled in a spiral and cut into sections for serving.

The same spiral filled with cottage cheese is called sirnica, with spinach and cheese zeljanica, with potatoes krompiruša, and all of them are generically referred to as pita. Eggs are used as a binding agent when making sirnica and zeljanica.

This kind of pastry is also popular in Croatia, where it was imported by Bosnian Croats, and is usually called rolani burek (rolled burek).