Bourekas's Healthier Brother, Mr. Baked Potato Wonton.

  Bourekas are one of my favorite guilty pleasures and with every bite I take I think of all the unhealthy facts that come along with our good friend, puff pastry.

When it comes to desserts, I have no problem whatsoever using puff pastry, I even love using it. But when it comes to actual meals, the time that our body is expecting to receive some vitamins and instead it receives flour and margarine. Not so cool. This is when Mr. Baked Potato Wonton was born. What is a wonton wrapper made of? Simply flour, egg and water. No oil, no margarine. Yes! To no extra fat, Yes! To no hydrogenated oils, Yes! To giving your body what it can translate into vitamins without wrapping it up with a bodily enemy. 

What You'll Need:

• 1 Package Wonton Wrappers (around 50)
• 4 Large Russet Potato's peeled and boiled
• Black Pepper + Salt
• Sesame Seeds
• Olive Oil (optional)
• Water
• Your favorite Salsa/Mitbocha/Tomato Salad

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.

Set out your baking sheet covered with a parchment or baking sheet. (Spraying with Olive Oil is optional) 

Once your potato's are cooked place them in a bowl with some of the water you boiled them with, your salt and pepper. Smash them with either a potato masher or a fork until you get a creamy texture. If you need to add more of the water, you can, just make sure your potato's are not watery. 

Now we start stuffing our wontons, just try to make sure the ones that you didn't get to stay covered, we don't want them drying out. Place around a Tbsp of potato's in the middle of your wonton wrapper, wet the edges with water and seal into a triangular shape. Once all your wontons are all filled lightly brush them one by one with water and sprinkle with sesame seeds. (I say one by one because the water dries up quickly and the sesame's won't stick)

Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.

Side with your favorite Salsa, Mitbocha or Tomato Salad.

IMAGINATION CORNER:

You can add mushrooms, onions, garlic and many other great combos to your Potato Wonton Bourekas, or you can make your favorite bourekas recipes and just use the wonton wrapper instead of your puff pastry.