Greek phyllo-wrapped dinner packages?
I have no idea what on earth made me think of these things just
now. I haven't made them or even thought of them in 20 years!
I can't remember the name of the dish/recipe, but many years ago
I used to make these from time-to-time.
Basically you take a meat (lamb chop or whatever) which had been
cooked, a couple of small cooked potatoes, a green vegetable (green
beans, zucchini, etc. - whatever you like - cooked also, and a hunk
for some sort of Greek cheese - kasseri, kefalotyri, feta, whatever
and place everything on a sheet of phyllo (actually several sheets
brushed with butter between) and sprinkle with oregano, salt, pepper,
drizzle some olive oil and some lemon juice and then fold it up into
a package and brush outside with butter. Now this is for one person.
Make as many as you have people. Then you bake them until the phyllo
is golden brown and serve one to each person. The items inside have
to be mostly cooked as they cannot cook properly from scratch if
raw. Cook as appropriate. I used to love this. But it's a lot of
work. ;-)
I also used to do a non-phyllo version for camping trips. I would
wrap everything up on foil packages and freeze them. Then cook them
over the campfire. Yum. I didn't use the phyllo as I figured it would
just get burnt.
I'm going to look up the recipe when I get home tonight and find out
what they're called. I googled everywhichway I could think of but
couldn't find them. Let you know on Monday.
Kate
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