PHYLLO MEAT PIE EGYPTIAN GOULASH

Today, it’s a deal with directly from my mother’s kitchen: phyllo meat pie recipe (aka Egyptian goulash). It is the only savory pastry I can't cease eating! And I even have suggestions and the step-by-step shots to e-book you via making your individual crispy, flaky phyllo pie!



INGREDIENTS

  • 16 oz. package deal deal of frozen phyllo dough, thawed in its package
  • 1 egg, whisked in 1 cup of milk
  • 1 cup Private Reserve additional virgin olive oil OR 1/2 cup olive oil mixed with 1/2 cup melted butter

FOR THE MEAT FILLING

  • 1 cup chopped onions
  • 1 1/2 lb lean flooring beef
  • 1 tsp flooring allspice
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat the oven to 350 ranges F.
  • Carefully lay the thawed phyllo dough sheets among NULL frivolously damp kitchen towels.
  • Begin with getting ready the pork filling. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a enormous nonstick pan. On medium-high heat, saute the chopped onions briefly. Add the flooring beef. Cook till totally browned, tossing regularly. Remove the pan from the warmth in short to empty any fat, then return again to the stove. Add within the spices and stir to totally combine. Remove from the heat.
  • Now, to gather the phyllo pie, lay three to 4 sheets of phyllo dough on the backside of a frivolously greased 9 1/2 x thirteen x 2 1/4 inch baking pan. Fold any extra dough in. Brush the ideal phyllo sheet very generously with the melted butter and oil mixture. Repeat this step as you lay three to 4 sheets of phyllo at a time within the baking pan till you've used up 1/2 of the phyllo sheets.
  • Now, as you've a good base on your pie, unfold the pork filling evenly on ideal of the final phyllo sheet.
  • Layer the rest sheets on ideal of the pork repeating the identical job as earlier than (again, three or 4 sheets at a time, fold extra phyllo and butter the ideal sheet) till the phyllo sheets are used up.
  • Brush the ideal sheet very generously with the butter and olive oil mixture. With a pointy knife, cut the phyllo pie into 12 squares.
  • Season the ready milk and egg combination with salt and pepper and pour evenly over the pie.
  • Place the phyllo meat pie on the heart rack of the 350 ranges F heated-oven for about 45 minutes to an hour, or till cooked through. It ought to turn a good golden brown. Be watchful so that pie doesn't over bake or burn.
  • Serve warm with a area salad! Enjoy!

NOTES

  • – Do now not skimp on “buttering” the phyllo layers as indicated above. Make certain you drizzle or brush a beneficiant quantity of the olive oil combination so that every layer is nicely soaked. If you desire to dwell on the wholesome side, you possibly can at all times modify the combination to have additional olive oil than butter.
  • – If you desire to train the pie forward of time, you possibly can comply with the steps all methods to step 11, but don't pour the milk-egg combination over till simply earlier than you've to bake it. The pie ought to be blanketed tightly and stored within the fridge till you're competent to bake. Do now not train additional than one evening time ahead.
  • -Recommended for this Recipe: Our Private Reserve Greek additional virgin olive oil (from organically grown and processed Koroneiki olives!)
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Nutrition Facts

  • Serving Size 1 piece
  • Serves 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories 280
  • % Daily Value*
  • Total Fat 13.7g21%
  • Saturated Fat 2.9g
  • Trans Fat 0.1g
  • Sodium 235.3mg10%
  • Total Carbohydrate 22.2g7%
  • Sugars 1.5g
  • Protein 16.5g 33%
  • Vitamin C1%Calcium4%Iron15%Magnesium6%Potassium8%Zinc22%Phosphorus18%Thiamin (B1)16%Riboflavin (B2)16%Niacin (B3)24%Vitamin B613%Folic Acid (B9)10%Vitamin B1224%Vitamin K1% 


I marveled on the phyllo and on the method my mother “played” with the paper-thin dough–swiftly creating pies or wrapping the phyllo sheets into cigars round a decadent filling of sorts.

When it got here to mother’s noted phyllo meat pie, the 45-minute baking time appeared to me like forever. As a child, I would tempo the kitchen looking the oven with huge anticipation. I hovered close to the timer, staring it down, nearly ready it to ring.  I simply may now not wait!

I was after the executed pie with the perfectly spiced meat nestled in among the layers of crisp, flaky, golden phyllo sheets. And nothing was additional satisfying than lastly biting down on the pleasant and cozy pie and listening to that proper crunch!

Close-up of Phyllo Meat Pie with very flaky crust
As an adult, I nonetheless get pleasure from this phyllo meat pie simply as much. Only, now I get to make it myself!

HOW TO WORK WITH PHYLLO DOUGH
The greatest mystery to operating with phyllo dough, as you may see within the step-by-step, is to set the phyllo sheets among NULL very frivolously damp towels. This will hold them moist and preserve away from them from breaking as you're employed to gather the pie. Also, don’t skimp on buttering the phyllo layers (see the recipe notes). Don’t worry, it’s additional of a butter-olive oil blend I use here. 

STEP-BY-STEP FOR PHYLLO MEAT PIE OR EGYPTIAN GOULASH
Preheat the oven to 350 ranges F.
Lay the thawed phyllo dough sheets among NULL frivolously damp kitchen towels.
2 frivolously damp kitchen towels

Begin with getting ready the pork filling. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a enormous nonstick pan. On medium-high heat, saute the chopped onions briefly. Add the flooring beef. Cook till totally browned, tossing regularly. Remove the pan from the warmth in short and drain any fat, then return again to the stove. Add within the spices and stir to totally combine. Remove from the heat.

Now, to gather the phyllo pie, lay three to 4 sheets of phyllo dough on the backside of a frivolously greased 9 1/2 x thirteen x 2 1/4 inch baking pan. Fold any extra dough in. Brush the ideal phyllo sheet very generously with the melted butter and oil mixture. Repeat this step as you lay three to 4 sheets of phyllo at a time within the baking pan till you've used up 1/2 of the phyllo sheets.

Meat filling brought to pan on ideal of phyllo dough sheets
Layer the rest sheets on ideal of the pork repeating the identical job as earlier than (again, three or 4 sheets at a time, fold extra phyllo and butter the ideal sheet) till the phyllo sheets are used up. Brush the ideal sheet very generously with the butter and olive oil mixture. With a pointy knife, cut the phyllo pie into 12 squares. Season the ready milk and egg combination with salt and pepper and pour evenly over the pie.

Place the phyllo meat pie on the heart rack of the 350 ranges F heated-oven for about 45 minutes to an hour, or till cooked through. It ought to turn a good golden brown. Be watchful so that the pie doesn't over bake or burn.
Serve warm with a area salad! Enjoy!

Close-up of baked meat pie square
Phyllo Meat Pie Recipe (Egyptian Goullash) | The Mediterranean Dish. Spiced flooring pork nestled in among layers of crispy, flaky, buttery phyllo dough! Recipe comes with step-by-step photos. An simple dinner with an enormous wow factor!
phyllo meat pie (egyptian goulash)

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Today, it’s a deal with directly from my mother’s kitchen: phyllo meat pie recipe (aka Egyptian goulash). It is the only savory pastry I can't cease eating!