Recipe Details

Yemeni Burik with Lamb

  • Cuisine:

    Yemeni
  • Category:

    Starter
  • Serves:

    10 person(s)
  • Difficulty:

    Medium
  • Cost:

    Cheap

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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, or ghee
  • 2 medium onions or 300 g, finely chopped
  • 300 g minced lamb
  • ¼ cup water or 60 ml
  • 1 cube MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 boiled eggs, chopped
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley or 35 g, chopped
  • 10 sheets filo pastry
  • ½ cup butter or 100 g, melted for brushing

Preparation

Heat ghee in a large saucepan, add and cook onions for 4 minutes until softened.

Add minced lamb and cook until golden brown. Add water, MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon cube and black pepper and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from heat.

In a bowl, combine eggs parsley and the meat mixture.

Grease a 35cm x 30cm oven tray, place 1 sheet of filo pastry, brush with butter and repeat method with 4 more sheets.

Spoon the meat mixture over the pastry.

Place 1 sheet of filo pastry to cover the filling, brush with butter and repeat method with 4 more sheets.

Brush top with melted butter, bake in preheated 185°C hot oven for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Timing Facts

  • Preparation time

    25 minutes
  • Cooking time

    35 minutes