Greek phyllo-wrapped dinner packages?
On Jun 18, 11:55*am, Kate Connally > wrote:
> 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
> --
> Kate Connally
Maybe Greek pasties? LOL.
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