🍎 Apple Pita (Pita sa Jabukama)

Name: Apple Pita (Pita sa Jabukama)
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Bosnia and Herzegovina · Balkans
Ingredients: 400 g phyllo pastry; 1 kg apples, grated; 100 g sugar; 80 g walnuts, chopped; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 45 ml sunflower oil

Origin: Bosnia and Herzegovina · Balkans

338kcal

per serving · 150 g

225kcal

per 100 g

4 gProtein3 g / 100 g

14 gFat9 g / 100 g

52 gCarbs35 g / 100 g

Pita sa jabukama is a Balkan apple pie made by layering or rolling thin phyllo sheets around grated apples mixed with sugar, cinnamon and chopped walnuts. Baked until crisp and golden, it has flaky outer layers and a soft, juicy, spiced filling. It is cut into squares or slices and served warm or cold, often dusted with sugar.

Diets

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Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Contains glutenbecause of: phyllo pastry

Not keto35 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Tree nuts

What it is made of

phyllo pastryapplecinnamonsugarwalnuts

Recipe

8 servings75 min

Ingredients

400 g phyllo pastry
1 kg apples, grated
100 g sugar
80 g walnuts, chopped
2 tsp ground cinnamon
45 ml sunflower oil

Method

Mix the grated apples (lightly squeezed) with sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.
Brush a baking dish with oil and lay in half the phyllo sheets, brushing a little oil between them.
Spread the apple filling evenly, then cover with the remaining sheets, oiling lightly.
Score into portions and bake at 180 °C for 35–40 minutes until golden.
Cool slightly before cutting; serve warm or cold.

How to make it lighter

Brush the sheets very lightly or use spray oil; 1 tbsp oil ≈ 120 kcal.
Cut the sugar to 60 g; sweet apples carry the flavour.
Halve the walnuts and scatter them only on top.

History

Pita sa jabukama is a familiar home-baked dessert in Bosnia and Herzegovina and across the former Yugoslav countries, part of a wider family of phyllo pies (pita) eaten throughout the Balkans.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →