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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Mpourekakia



Summary
Minced meat stuffed in a fyllo pastry.

Ingredients
  • 1 lb of ground beef
  • a little, unsalted butter
  • 1 cup of feta cheese, grated
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 package fyllo pastry
  • 2 tablespoons of liquor (Marsala)
  • 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
  • 1/4 cup of olive oil
  • 1 medium, white onion, grated
  • 1-2 pinches of pepper
  • 2-3 pinches of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato (paste)
  • 2 cups of water
Directions
  • In a saucepan add oil & saute onion.
  • Add mince and brown.  
  • Mix the tomato paste with about 2 cups water and add marsala and spices and cook on med. heat until mince is cooked and not much sauce remaining in pan.
  • Remove from stove, add grated feta cheese, beaten eggs, stir, put aside. 
  • Remove fyllo pastry from package and cut down lengthwise.  
  • Keep covered with a moist tea towel.
  • Take one cut sheet and brush with melted butter, then fold lengthwise again so you have a long strip, doubled.  
  • At bottom, place a spoonful of mixture. 
  • Pick fyllo from bottom and fold upwards about 3cm enclosing the meat mixture press sides,then start folding to make a triangle making sure the corners are not sticking outside the fold.  
  • You go right, right, bring that point to the left side and left again and so on until you reach the top. 
  • Brush top of triangle with melted butter and place on baking greased baking tray,  
  • Bake in 200 degree oven until golden brown. 
  • These triangles can be frozen uncooked.  
  • When cooking from frozen stage don't defrost first. 
  • Sometimes you may have to flip them over in the oven.  
Source: EatGreekTonight

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