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Bourekakia
Minced meat stuffed in a fyllo pastry. |
Ingredients:
1 |
A Little |
Butter (Unsalted) |
2 |
Whole |
Egg (Beaten) |
1 |
Cup |
Feta Cheese (Grated) |
1 |
Package |
Fyllo Pastry |
2 |
Tablespoon |
Marsala Liquor |
1/2 |
Teaspoon |
Nutmeg |
1/4 |
Cup |
Olive Oil |
1 |
Medium |
Onion (Grated) |
1-2 |
Pinch |
Pepper (To taste) |
2-3 |
Pinch |
Salt (To taste) |
2 |
Tablespoon |
Tomato Paste |
1 |
lb |
Topside Mince |
2 |
Cup |
Water |
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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.
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