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| recipe title: |
Roulo me Filo |
| category: |
Meat |
| keywords: |
greek, Meats, Main dish |
| servings: |
4 |
| ingredients: |
2 tb Butter or margarine
1 sm Shallot or onion
1 1/2 lb Veal, ground
1/2 c Chopped tomatoes
-OR- tomato juice
1 Cinnamon stick; -OR-
1 ts -Ground Cinnamon
Salt; if necessary
Freshly ground black pepper
1 ts Chopped fresh basil
-(more if desired)
2 Eggs; separated
1 1/2 c Thick Saltsa Aspri
1/2 c Grated mizithra cheese
-OR- kefalotyri cheese
1/2 ts Grated nutmeg
Heavy greaseproof paper
-(about 20 by 20 inches)
12 Filo pastry sheets
1/3 c Butter or margarine
- melted and warm
2 Eggs, hard-cooked; sliced
1 tb Chopped fresh parsley
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| directions: |
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Heat the butter in a large frying pan, then saute the onion until soft.
Add the meat, mashing it with a fork until the raw color disappears. Add
the tomato and cinnamon, cover and simmer about 20 minutes, stirring once
or twice. Remove the lid and season judiciously (if the cheese is salty,
don't add salt until the very end). Stir in the basil, then remove the
cinnamon stick and cool. Using a wooden spoon, mix the egg whites into
the meat. Meanwhile, prepare the saltsa aspri (it must be thick) and
combine with the egg yolks, cheese, and nutmeg. Taste to see if salt is
needed.
To make the loaf, spread the baking paper flat on your work surface. Lay
a sheet of filo (keeping the rest covered with a damp towel or waxed
paper) in the center of the paper and brush with butter. Continue laying
filo, one sheet on top of another, brushing each with butter, to make a
large "base" on which to roll the meat loaf (about 15 x 15 inches).
Spread half of the saltsa aspri in the center of the filo, alowing wide
margins for turning later. Spread the meat mixture over the sauce to a
length of about 9 inches. Lay the egg slices over the meat, cover with the
remaining sauce, and sprinkle with parsley. Turn the edges of the filo up
over the meat and roll into a loaf. Fold the paper over the loaf, secure
it, and place, seam side down, in a baking pan. Bake for 1 hour in
moderate oven (350 F), removing the paper after 35 minutes to allow the
filo to get crisp. Brush the outer surface of the filo with butter or
margarine for a higher golden chestnut color.
With wide spatulas, lift the loaf onto a warm platter. Serve immediately,
with fresh green salad, black olives, and a heady wine.
Source: The Food of Greece - by Vilma Liacouras Chantiles
ISBN: 0-517-27888-X
Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
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