Meliz Berg served up tasty rose shaped filo parcels with spiced mince and garlic butter on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
The ingredients for the filo meat pies are: 3 tbsp olive oil, 750g minced beef, 1 tbsp Turkish sweet red pepper paste, 3 tbsp tomato puree, 3 large onions, finely chopped, 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped, ½ tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp pul biber, 1 tsp dried mint, 1 tsp fine sea salt, ½ tsp coarse black pepper, 50g fresh flat leaf parsley, finely chopped, 125g unsalted butter, 1 large egg and 12 large sheets of filo pastry.
For the sauce: 1 egg, 100g thick set natural yoghurt, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tbsp olive oil and 100 ml sparkling water.
For the garlic yoghurt: 1 large garlic clove, finely grated, 150g this set natural yoghurt and ½ tsp sea salt flakes.
For the chilli butter: 45g unsalted butter, 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and 1 tbsp Turkish sweet red pepper paste.
See recipes by Meliz in her book titled: Dinner Tonight: Simple meals, exciting flavours available from Amazon now.