Kimathopita
Kimathopita (Minced Meat Pie)
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| ~ Ingredients: ~ 1 kilo if minced meat ~ 1 pack of Filo pastry ~ 2 cups of milk ~ 1 cup of grater Kefalotiri cheese ~ 1/2 a cup of melted butter ~ 5 eggs ~ 2 bread slices ~ 2 onions finely chopped ~ 2 tbsp of parsley finely chopped ~ 3-4 ripped tomatoes or 1 tbsp of tomato paste ~ 1 cinnamon stick ~ Salt and pepper to taste |
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| ~ Using a saucepan or a frying pan, put 1/2 of the butter and sauté the chopped onions and until they are soft and translucent. ~ Add the ground meat, stir to mix with the onions and cook until the raw color disappears. ~ Add the grated tomatoes or the tomato paste diluted in 1/2 a cup of hot water. ~ Add the cinnamon stick, chopped parsley and salt and pepper to taste. ~ Stir to mix all ingredients together. ~ Lower the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes or until almost all the liquid has evaporated and a thick sauce remains. ~ In the meantime pour the milk into a deep plate and place the bread slices in to soak. ~ Remove the minced meat mixture from the heat and remove the cinnamon stick from it and discard. ~ Using a fork, mash the bread slices with a fork and add it to the minced meat. ~ Add the grated cheese and the eggs lightly beaten and mix all ingredients together. ~ In a medium buttered baking pan place 7-8 filo sheets buttering each one. ~ Place in the minced meat mixture making sure is distributed evenly everywhere. ~ Fold inwards over the minced meat whatever filo is overhanging buttering each one. ~ Place the rest of the filo sheets over the top buttering each one. ~ Cut the excess filo and butter the top filo. ~ With a sharp pointy knife cut the top filo to what ever shape you want (square, triangle, etc). ~ Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (see conversions) for about 30-40 minutes or until the top is golden brown. ~ Remove from the oven, let it cool down for about 30 minutes cut and serve. ~ Good luck and bon appétit. |
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