Greek Freighter Meat Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter (or olive oil or margerine)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cups meat (cooked and chopped beef, lamb, veal or lamb)
• 1 cup rice (or diced potatoes)
• 1 teaspoon spearmint, dried and crumbled
• 1 teaspoon marjoram
• 1/2 cup parsley, chopped
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup feta cheese (or cottage cheese)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup pine nuts or 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/2 lb phyllo dough
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 heat oil and fry onions until soft.
• 2 if using raw meat and potatoes, brown for 5 minutes.
• 3 add 1 cup of hot water (2 cups water if using rice).
• 4 add rice, herbs and seasonings.
• 5 cover and cook 20 min until meat is cooked and potatoes or rice are soft.
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 mix in cheese, egg and nuts (and cooked meat if you didn't use raw meat).
• 8 melt butter and oil in small pot.
• 9 oil a square or rectangular baking pan.
• 10 lay half of the sheets of filo, oiling lightly between each sheet.
• 11 spread on meat filling.
• 12 lay remaining filo sheets, oiling between sheets.
• 13 bake at 350 degrees f. for 1 hour.