Meat Bourekas Recipe with Mushroom Sauce
“mouth-watering stuffing wrapped in golden filo sheets,
The star of the dinner table that’s for sure”
Sapir Sabah
Original Recipe Author
Nothing says comfort meal more than savory pastry filled with minced meat, peppers, onions, and maybe even nuts.
It’s not clear where meat Bourekas came from, but they’re popular throughout the Middle East, Africa, and scattered European countries like Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia.
It’s easy to see why there’s no clear origin; once you get a taste of these pastries, you’ll want to claim the recipe as your own!
Here’s the only meat Bourekas recipe that you’ll need with savory mushroom sauce.
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Why this Meat Bourekas Recipe is A MUST-try:
Ingredients
For the bourekas:
- 1 pound of ground meat
- ½ cup of pine nuts
- 1 onion cut into strips
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- Soup mix (Chicken consomme soup)
- Filo pastry sheets (Ready-made)
- Sesame seeds
- Salt
- Pepper
- Paprika
- Cumin
- Cinnamon (Optional)
For the mushroom sauce:
- 1 chopped onion
- 1-2 crushed garlic cloves
- ½ tablespoon of flour
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ tablespoon of silane
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup of water
- 3 tablespoons of oil
Instructions
For the meat for the Bourekas:
- Toast the pine nuts until they’re golden and keep them aside for later
- Grab a medium-sized pan and put it on high heat, then pour some oil.
- When the oil heats, drop the onions and leave them until they’re fried. Then, add the garlic and pine nuts.
- Drop the minced meat, breaking it with your spoon to prevent it from clumping in the middle
- Add all your spices and stir the meat.
- Let it cook for 20 minutes or until it looks well-cooked but not completely dry
- Grab the filo sheets and brush them with a thin layer of oil.
- Using a teaspoon, grab some of the stuffing and place it in the center, then fold the sheets into small triangles.
- Brush the triangles’ tops with eggs, then sprinkle some sesame seeds.
- Put your Bourekas in the oven at 375 F. When they’re tan, take them out, and you’re done!
For the Mushroom Sauce:
- Heat some oil in a large pan over high heat
- Drop the chopped onion, add some salt, and leave it until the onion is golden
- Drop your mushrooms and stir them lightly until they’re brown.
- Add the crushed garlic cloves and stir for 30 seconds or until you smell the garlic
- Drop the flour and stir for 1–2 minutes.
- Add all your spices and stir them well, then add some water.
- Stir again, then add the silane and stir the mixture until it boils.
- When the sauce thickens, take it off the heat, and you’re done!
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