Savoury Filo Pastry Pie

This savoury filo pastry pie is a Monday night solution - I suppose it could be made with leftover meat. However, I had confit de canard yesterday, and there certainly weren't any leftovers.

Anyway, I do have mince in my freezer, and there are pine nuts in there too (they don't have a good shelf life, so I keep them in the freezer). There is also a block of feta in my fridge, so I am thinking you have a good idea of what's coming up.

In Greece they would use lamb mince, but this is Spain, so it's beef, pork or chicken and turkey.

Here is what I did.

Savoury Filo Pastry Pie — Ingredients

• Beef mince
• Filo pastry, about 6–8 sheets
• Olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• A handful of pine nuts
• Feta cheese, crumbled
• Fresh or frozen spinach
• Dried oregano
• Pinch of chilli powder
• White pepper
• Ghee or butter, melted

Method

1. Fry the onion over low/medium heat in olive oil until soft. Brown the mince, add the pine nuts and chilli, and cook for 5 minutes. Do not allow the pine nuts to burn.
2. Add the spinach and continue cooking until it has released its water content and starts to soften. If I had peas in the freezer (on my shopping list), then I'd add some too.
3. Add the cheese, oregano and a good sprinkling of white pepper. Gently mix and set aside.
4. In a pie dish, add layers of filo in a criss-cross fashion, overlapping the dish. Brush with ghee between each layer.
5. Add in the mince mix and flatten a little.
6. Now layer over more filo sheets; it doesn't have to be neat, again brushing between each layer and plenty all over the top. In fact, lash it on; the diet can start tomorrow.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (fan 160°C) for around 25 minutes or until the pastry has turned golden brown.

This pie goes really well with a mixed salad.

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This savoury filo pastry pie is part of my Greek Recipes and Beef & Veal Recipes collections, and sits with my other mince recipes.

You will find it, with the other pastry pies, in my Pie Recipes collection.

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