Meliz Berg rose shaped filo parcels with spiced mince and garlic butter recipe on James Martin’s Saturday Morning

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.

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