Meat Burek

Meat 1 h 15 min 4 servings Medium ~680 kcal

by Tavolino

A crispy Balkan specialty made of thin layers of phyllo dough filled with a savory beef and onion filling, rolled into a spiral and baked.

Ingredients

1
Finely chop 2 onions and sauté them in a pan with a small amount of the butter.
2
In a bowl, combine 700 g of ground beef, 1 egg, 20 g of melted butter, salt and pepper to taste, and the sautéed onions.
3
Work the mixture with your hands until you have a uniform dough.
4
Lay out a sheet of 250 g of phyllo dough and brush it with a little butter.
5
Arrange a strip of filling along the edge of the phyllo dough sheet.
6
Roll the dough over itself to form a long rope.
7
Coil the rope into a spiral and place it in the center of a round baking pan.
8
Repeat the process with the remaining sheets of dough and filling, expanding the spiral in the pan.
9
Melt the remaining butter, add 2 tablespoons of water, and brush the surface of the burek.
10
Bake in a preheated static oven at 180°C for 40 minutes until golden brown.