Beef Kumara Oregano Pie Food

GREEK MEAT PIE RECIPE (KREATOPITA)

Steps:

• In a pan over medium-high heat, warm up some olive oil.
• Once hot, add in the onions cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Next, add in the ground beef, break apart and brown.
• Once the meat is brown, add in oregano, dill, pepper, some salt, and tomato paste, mix everything together.
• Add in the wine and reduce.
• Add chicken broth and reduce.
• Once all liquid has been reduced, remove from heat and empty into the bowl.
• Add in the feta and egg - mix well.
• Set meat mixture aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Brush a square baking pan with some melted butter.
• Unroll the phyllo sheets and lay them flat.
• Cut the phyllo sheets to match the size of your baking dish.
• Take one phyllo sheet and lay it in the baking dish.
• Brush with some melted butter and lay another sheet down of phyllo.
• Brush that with butter and repeat six more times (phyllo, butter, phyllo).
• After the 8th phyllo sheet, pour the meat mixture into the pan and smooth out evenly.
• Now, repeat Steps 14 and 15, placing 8 more phyllo sheets over the meat mixture.
• When done, score top and place in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Remove, cut, and serve hot!

BEEF, KUMARA & OREGANO PIE

Steps:

• Grease deep 22cm flan tin.
• Sift flour into bowl, rub in butter.
• Add enough water to make ingredients cling together.
• Press dough into ball, knead on floured surface until smooth; cover, refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
• Roll dough on floured surface until large enough to line the prepared tin.
• Lift pastry into tin, ease into side trim edge.
• Line pastry with paper, fill with dried beans or rice.
• Bake in moderately hot oven about 20 minutes, remove paper and beans, bake further 10 minutes or until browned, cool.
• Spoon filling into pastry case, brush edge of pastry with egg.
• Cover filling with 1 sheet of puff pastry, press edges together firmly, trim edge brush top of pie with egg.
• Cut remaining puff pastry into 16 x 1-1/2 cm strips.
• Place strips across pie to form lattice, trim edges, brush with remaining egg.
• Bake in moderate oven about 30 minutes or until pastry is browned and filling heated through.
• Filling.
• Cut kumara and steak into 2cm cubes.
• Place kumara on oven tray, bake in moderate oven about 30 minutes until tender.
• Heat oil in pan, cook steak in batches until browned all over, remove from pan.
• Add onions, garlic, oregano to same pan, cook stirring until onions are soft.
• Add flour, cook stirring until flour is lightly browned.
• Remove pan from heat, gradually stir in paste, wine and stock, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
• Return steak to pan, simmer uncovered, about 1-1/4 hours or until steak is tender.
• Stir in kumara; cool.

GRILLED VEGETABLE SALAD WITH OREGANO DRESSING

Steps:

• For Oregano Dressing - Place all ingredients in a screw top jar and shake well to combine, set aside.
• For Vegetables - Peel and thickly slice pumpkin; quarter zucchini length ways; thickly slice both types of peppers (capsicum).
• Brush vegetables with half the oregano dressing and sprinkle with a little salt.
• Cook vegetables on heated barbecue grill (medium heat), turning until just tender and with slight char lines. (vegetables can be cooked in batches if your barbecue is small).
• Arrange vegetables on serving platter and sprinkle with crumbled feta, capers and pine nuts (if using). Drizzle over remaining dressing.