A good pastry is like a nice house – it needs good foundations. You can add artisan windows, trendy paint for the walls, and designer furniture, but if the foundations are bad, the house will collapse. The same goes for banitsa, the most loved pastry in Bulgaria. You can use the most expensive eggs and the Balkan champion of yogurt, but if the phyllo pastry sheets are of poor quality, the banitsa won’t go down well. Therefore, try harmonica phyllo pastry sheets so a good result is guaranteed. There is one tiny flaw, though. The sheets taste so delicious, you might end up baking pastries and strudels more often.
