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.
2 editor picks for Pita (Bosnian phyllo family) in Sarajevo, ranked by editorial score. All Sarajevo signature dishes · Pita (Bosnian phyllo family) across every city.
Buregdzinica Sac ★ 4.7
bascarsija · Bravadziluk Mali 2, 71000 Sarajevo
Buregdzinica Sac on Mali Bravadziluk pulls burek under a metal lid covered with coals in Sarajevo, the canonical 200-year Bosnian phyllo room.
Buregdzinica Bosna ★ 4.2
bascarsija · Bravadziluk 11, 71000 Sarajevo
Buregdzinica Bosna on Bravadziluk pulls Sarajevo's full Bosnian phyllo family, spiral burek with meat, sirnica with cheese, krompirusa with potato.