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

Preparation info

Makes
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sumac

By Anas Atassi

Published 2021

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons of olive oil
500 g (1 lb 2

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