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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For pastry: Cut butter into pieces. | 2. Combine flour, butter, and salt using a knife or pastry blender. | 3. Sprinkle with 4 tablespoons ice water. | 4. Form into ball as you would pie dough. | 5. May need to add remaining 2 tablespoons water. | 6. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. | 7. Place pastry dough on floured board; roll out into rectangle. | 8. Fold over into thirds. | 9. Roll out again into rectangle. | 10. Continue rolling and folding five times. | 11. Rewrap in plastic; return to refrigerator for 1 hour. | 12. Preheat oven to 400°F. | 13. Grease baking sheet. | 14. Roll dough out to 1/8-inch thickness. | 15. Cut dough using 3 ½-inch round cutter. | 16. Place about 1 tablespoon of filling on each pastry circle. | 17. Fold dough over making half moons; press together edges together using ice water to seal. | 18. Place pies on baking sheet. | 19. Whisk together egg yolk and 2 tblsps water; brush pies with egg wash. | 20. Bake about 30-40 minutes or until golden brown. | 21. For Meat Filling: sauté onion in 2 tablespoons butter until soft. | 22. Add ground beef and sear until light gravy forms. | 23. Let cool. | 24. Mix in egg, dill, salt and pepper. | 25. For Potato Filling: Fry the onions in the butter until soft and golden-brown. | 26. Boil the potatoes in their jackets, then peel and mash them. | 27. Let cool slightly. | 28. Season with plenty of salt and pepper and mix in the onions and egg. | 29. For Mushroom Filling: In a pan or skillet, saute the mushrooms, onion, and shallots in the butter until the onion is translucent. | 30. Add the lemon juice, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. | 31. Continue to cook, stirring until nearly all the moisture is evaporated. | 32. Cool mixture slightly and mix in cream cheese or mashed potato. | 33. I like to sprinkle poppy seeds over the egg washed pastries filled with the mushroom filling. | 34. Note: these pastries are very good made with phyllo pastry, too. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	3/4	cup	unsalted chilled	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
flour	2	cups		1156.56	253.2108	18.802	4.4872
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
ice water	4 -6	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	1			54.74	0.6103	2.6962	4.5118
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
beef	3/4	lb	ground	673.5855	0.0	66.0658	43.3068
hard egg	2		minced boiled	-	-	-	-
dill	3	tablespoons	minced weed	0.7176	0.1171	0.0577	0.0187
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
water	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion	2		minced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
butter	3	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
potato	1			-	-	-	-
cheese	1	cup	grated	476.55	3.159	28.89	38.799
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
mushroom	1		minced	-	-	-	-
onion	1		minced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
shallot	2		minced	230.4	53.76	8.0	0.32
butter	4	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
lemon juice	1	teaspoon		1.1183	0.3508	0.0178	0.0122
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1	pinch	grated	0.7219	0.0678	0.008	0.0499
cream cheese	4	ounces	softened medium-sized cooked mashed	334.53	3.969	8.0514	32.4324
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.