Kreatopita - meat and leek pie
Author: Kitoula - adapted from Hellenic Cuisine cookbook
Recipe type: Savory
Cuisine: Greek
Serves: 16
- 4 cups of finely sliced leeks
- ½ cup of butter of butter melted
- ¼ butter for sauté
- 1 lb. ground beef or lamb
- 6 eggs
- ½ lb. phyllo pastry sheets - approx 20 sheets per box
- Dried oregano and basil
- Salt and pepper
- Sauté the washed and finely cut leeks in butter until wilted and golden.
- Salt and pepper leeks.
- Set aside to cool.
- In a separate pan, brown the ground meat.
- Season with salt, pepper, oregano and basil.
- Set aside to cool.
- Combine leeks and ground meat with eggs.
- Mix well.
- Place 10 individually buttered pastry sheets on the bottom of a baking pan.
- Pour meat, leek and egg mixture into the phyllo.
- Top with 10 individually buttered pastry sheets.
- Score/cut the phyllo into desired pieces with a sharp knife before baking.
- Bake at 350 degree F for 30 minutes.
Recipe by Kitoula's Greek Food Journal at https://kitoula.com/2013/01/kreatopita-meat-and-leek-pie/
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