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The World’s Best Börek Revealed: Turkish Cuisine Dominates the List

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • TasteAtlas ranked the world’s 10 best börek dishes, placing Türkiye’s paçanga böreği first.
  • Turkish dishes took eight of the top 10 spots, while katmer ranked second and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s burek third.

Turkish cuisine dominated TasteAtlas’s ranking of the world’s best börek dishes, taking eight of the top 10 places.

Paçanga böreği claimed the top spot. Katmer, a specialty associated with Gaziantep cuisine, ranked second, followed by burek from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Türkiye’s kol böreği took fourth place.

The rest of the list included çibörek from Crimea in fifth place, followed by Türkiye’s sigara böreği, gül böreği, Boşnak böreği, su böreği and tepsi böreği. Türkiye’s strong showing gave its cuisine a clear lead in the ranking.

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