Ingredients
6 phyllo dough, sheets
350 g meat, minced
1 onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped finely
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cumin
butter melted
olive oil
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, (harissa)
1/2 teaspoon paprika
salt to taste
black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon tomato paste
Cooking method according to shahiya.com
1- For the filling, heat the oil in a saucepan, add in the onion, red pepper, and minced meat. Mix well.
2-Stir in the parsley, ginger, cumin, paprika, tomato paste, hot sauce, and salt. Cook until the meat is done and adjust the seasoning to taste.
3-Preheat the oven to 180C.
4- Brush well the phyllo sheets with butter, so that they become crispy when baking.
5-Cover the bottom and sides of a round baking pan (26 cm in diameter) with 3 phyllo sheets and place the fourth at the center to have 2 layers of phyllo dough
6- Spread evenly the meat filling over the phyllo sheets. Fold the sides of the phyllo sheets over the meat filling.
7- Place the remaining 2 phyllo sheets on top and tuck in the sides of the phyllo sheets inside the baking pan.
8- Bake in the oven for 45 minutes, until the pastilla turns slightly golden.
9- Serve hot with salad on the side.
H.Zoghib