Flija

Prep time: 30 minutes

Cook time: 2 hours

Total time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Country of Origin: Kosovo

Description

A traditional Kosovar layered pancake dish made by layering thin crepe-like batter with sour cream and kaymak sauce, baked layer-by-layer under a broiler.

Presentation & How It's Eaten

Served hot or warm at room temperature, cut into triangle shapes, served alongside pickled vegetables, honey, or feta cheese.

Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour

• 5 cups water

• 1 tsp salt

• 1.5 cups kaymak (or clotted cream)

• 1.5 cups sour cream

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil

Step-by-Step Directions

1. Make Batter: Whisk flour, water, and salt together until a thin, smooth batter forms (similar to crepe batter).

2. Make Cream Coating: In a separate bowl, whisk kaymak, sour cream, and oil together until combined.

3. Layer Batter: Grease a large round baking tray. Ladle rays or stripes of batter from center outward, leaving gaps. Broil under high oven broiler for 3–5 minutes until brown.

4. Brush Cream: Brush roasted batter with sour cream/kaymak mixture.

5. Repeat Layers: Ladle next layer of batter into previous gaps, broil again, brush with cream, and repeat this process for 2 hours until batter is used up.

Optional

• Sweet Dip: Serve with honey or berry preserves.

Cooking Tips

• High Broiler: Heat oven broiler to high; flipping heat onto individual top layers replicates the traditional sač cooking lid.

Nutrition Facts

(Estimated per serving, based on 8 servings)

• Calories: ~420 kcal

• Total Fat: 24g

• Saturated Fat: 13g

• Cholesterol: 55mg

• Sodium: 310mg

• Total Carbohydrates: 42g

• Dietary Fiber: 2g

• Sugars: 2g

• Protein: 8g