Bourekakia (Meat Triangles)

12 ingredients
13 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb topside mince
  • 1 onion (grated)
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • pepper
  • salt
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste (diluted with water)
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 eggs (beat in a cup)
  • 2 tablespoons marsala wine
  • 1 cup grated feta cheese
  • 1 phyllo pastry
  • unsalted butter (for buttering phyllo pastry)

Directions

  1. 1
    In a saucepan add oil and saute onion. Add mince and brown add tomato paste with about 2 cups water, marsala spices,cook on medium heat until mince is cooked and not much sauce remaining in pan.
  2. 2
    Remove from stove, add grated feta cheese, beaten eggs stir; put aside.
  3. 3
    Remove phyllo pastry from packet (there are about 22-24 sheets) cut down lengthwise.
  4. 4
    Keep covered with a moist tea towel as they dry out quickly if uncovered.
  5. 5
    Take one cut sheet brush with melted butter, fold lengthwise again now you have a long strip doubled.
  6. 6
    At bottom place a spoonful of mixture.
  7. 7
    Pick phyllo 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.
  8. 8
    You go right, right, bring that point to the left side and left again and so on until you reach the top.
  9. 9
    Brush top of triangle with melted butter and place on baking greased baking tray, when tray is full bake in oven at 200°C until golden brown.
  10. 10
    These triangles can be frozen uncooked.
  11. 11
    When cooking from frozen stage don't defrost first.
  12. 12
    Have a hot over and bake on 200°C.
  13. 13
    Sometimes you may have to flip them over in the oven.

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