Spread the cottage cheese filling over the filo pastry and cover with another piece of filo pastry, and sprinkle with the melted butter again. Spread the walnut filling over this leaf, cover with another leaf of filo pastry and sprinkle with more butter. Repeat the whole process again. Cover the final layer of the filling with one or two leaves of filo pastry and sprinkle with butter. Finally spread a some cream over the gibanica and bake in a moderate preheated oven for approximately 1 hour.
People prepare it at larger feast days.