Romanian Meat Pie | Plăcintă cu Carne

🧂 Ingredients

• 500 grams phyllo dough
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 500 grams lean ground beef
• 2 yellow onions

  finely diced
• 1-2 cloves garlic

  minced or mashed
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon flour
• ½ cup water or low sodium beef stock
• 4 tablespoons sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cimbru
• ¼ tablespoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• ¼ teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 175 C / 350 F
• 2 Saute the onions in a skillet over med-high heat in about ½ tablespoon of oil
  until translucent and beginning to brown on the edges (about 5 minutes)
• 3 Add the ground beef, garlic, spices, water and tomato paste. Don't add the salt
  yet. Mix well to combine and cook until beef is browned, breaking it up often
  with a spatula so it doesn’t form chunks (about 10 minutes)
• 4 Once the beef is browned (fully cooked) and there’s little liquid left in the
  skillet, sprinkle in the flour.  Stir in well and then add the sour cream and
  the liquid (water or stock) a little at a time until the mix is thick but still
  wet.
• 5 Salt to taste - start with a bit more than half a teaspoon and go from there.
  Should be a bit on the salty side since it will go in unsalted dough.
• 6 Turn off the heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes then mix the eggs into the
  beef.
• 7 Prep the oil and phyllo on a work surface.
• 8 Working 1 sheet at a time, use a basting brush to cover each sheet of phyllo
  with oil on both sides. Lay a layer of 3-4 sheets on the bottom of your oiled
  baking dish.
• 9 Use half the package of phyllo to make a base, put in the filling, then apply
  the rest of the phyllo as a top layer.
• 10 Fold the edges of the phyllo under so the top is smooth.
• 11 Apply the egg wash and optional sesame seed topping.
• 12 Bake in preheated oven for 25 - 30 minutes or until golden.

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