Spicy Beef Puffs
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup onions ⓘ
- 1/2 cup green bell peppers chopped ⓘ
- 1/4 cup celery chopped ⓘ
- 2 each garlic cloves minced ⓘ
- 1/2 pound ground beef, lean ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt ⓘ
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper ⓘ
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme ⓘ
- 3 ounces tomato paste ⓘ
- 1/4 cup green olives stuffed, chopped ⓘ
- 1 each hot chili peppers canned, seeded, chopped ⓘ
- 1/2 cup butter ⓘ
- 1/2 pound phyllo (filo) pastry sheets ⓘ
Instructions
- Saute onion, green pepper, celery, garlic, and ground beef together until beef is brown.
- Drain.
- Add curry powder and saute 5 more minutes.
- Add seasoned salt, pepper, thyme, tomato paste, olives and hot pepper, and simmer, covered for 30 minutes.
- Cool.
- Melt butter over low heat.
- Unroll phyllo dough and cut into 1 1/2 inch strips.
- Keep dough under a damp towel so that it doesn't dry out.
- Take out one piece at a time and pain it with melted butter.
- Place one teaspoonful of meat mixture at end of dough strip and fold corner over.
- Continue folding loke flag retaining triangular shape.
- Brush outside of triangle with butter.
- Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
- Chill puffs one hour or more covered with plastic wrap.
- Bake in preheated oven at 425F (220C) for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden.
- These are quite spicy and good with drinks.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
760
kcal
38% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).