Pita is the Bosnian umbrella term for filled phyllo pies, with sirnica (cheese), krompirusa (potato), zeljanica (spinach) and tikvenica (pumpkin); in Bosnia And Herzegovina we have verified places to eat it in Sarajevo. Start with where to eat Pita (Bosnian phyllo family) in Sarajevo.
Pita (Bosnian phyllo family) · Sarajevo
Pita is the Bosnian umbrella term for filled phyllo pies, with sirnica (cheese), krompirusa (potato), zeljanica (spinach) and tikvenica (pumpkin). The Bosnian dialect reserves 'burek' for meat versions only.
Pita came through the Ottoman borek tradition and split into the Bosnian phyllo family across the late Ottoman and Habsburg periods, the dialect split where Bosnians reserve 'burek' for the meat version only setting Sarajevo apart from Belgrade and Istanbul usage. The Sarajevo buregdzinice on Bravadziluk pull all four variants daily, with seasonal shifts toward zeljanica (spinach) in spring and tikvenica (pumpkin) in autumn.
Where to eat in Sarajevo:
- Buregdzinica Sac
- Buregdzinica Bosna
Where to eat Pita (Bosnian phyllo family) in Sarajevo: the editor picks