Ouzi

Name: Ouzi (Phyllo Pastries with Meat and Rice Filling)
Yield: Makes 10
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 20 sheets of phyllo dough (approx. 20 x 25 cm [8 x 10 inches]); 100 g (3½ oz) of toasted nuts (almonds, cashews, pine nuts); 500 tablespoons (2 cups) of beef stock; Salt and pepper; ½ teaspoon of ground cardamom; 100 g (½ cup) of rice (rinsed); 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) of minced beef; 2 tablespoons of olive oil; 1 tablespoon of 7 spices blend; Olive oil for brushing; 1 handful of pistachios; 200 g (7 oz) of frozen peas

Phyllo Pastries with Meat and Rice Filling

Preparation info

Makes
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sumac

By Anas Atassi

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

2 tablespoons of olive oil
500 g (1 lb 2

Asia
Syria
Damascus
Savoury
Pastry
Main course

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan on medium heat. Break the minced beef up into small pieces with a wooden spoon and brown for 7 minutes. Stir in the 7 spices blend.

Mix the rice and cardamom into the minced beef and add the beef stock. Add salt and pepper, and continue cooking the rice for 15 minutes, or until most of the stock has been absorbed.

Stir the peas and the toasted nuts in