| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats |
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1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 12 |
|
17-by 12-inch phyllo sheets |
| 1 1/2 |
c |
Boiling water |
| 1/2 |
c |
Dried tomatoes not packed in |
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oil about 2 ounces |
| 1/2 |
lb |
Mushrooms |
| 3/4 |
c |
Kalamata or other |
|
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brine-cured black olives |
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or |
|
|
pitted ripe black olives |
| 1 |
T |
Olive oil |
| 1 |
lb |
Ground lamb |
| 1 |
t |
Dried rosemary, crumbled |
| 1 |
t |
Dried basil, crumbled |
| 1/2 |
t |
Dried hot red pepper flakes |
| 1 1/2 |
c |
Crumbled feta, about 8 |
|
|
ounces |
| 1/2 |
c |
Grated mozzarella, about 3 |
|
|
ounces |
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About 5 tablespoons olive |
|
|
oil |
INSTRUCTIONS
1998
Cover stack of phyllo with 2 overlapping sheets plastic wrap and then
a damp kitchen towel. Make filling: In a small bowl pour boiling water
over tomatoes and soak 5 minutes. Thinly slice mushrooms. If using
brine-cured olives, pit them. Thinly slice olives. Drain tomatoes well
and thinly slice. In a large heavy skillet heat oil over moderately
high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté mushrooms with salt and
pepper to taste, stirring, until liquid they give off has evaporated.
With a slotted spoon transfer mushrooms to a large bowl. Add lamb to
skillet and cook, stirring and breaking up any lumps, until no longer
pink. Transfer lamb with slotted spoon to bowl with mushrooms and
discard fat. Stir tomatoes, olives, rosemary, basil, and red pepper
flakes into lamb mixture and cool 10 minutes. Stir in feta,
mozzarella, and salt and pepper to taste. Preheat oven to 425°F and
lightly grease a large shallow baking pan. Stack phyllo between 2
sheets of wax paper and cover with a dry kitchen towel. On a work
surface arrange two 20-inch-long sheets of wax paper with long sides
overlapping slightly and facing you. Put 1 sheet of phyllo on wax
paper and lightly brush with oil. On this, layer and brush 5 more
sheets of phyllo in same manner. (Oiled phyllo stack should be 6
sheets thick.) Spread half of filling in a 3-inch-wide strip, mounding
it, on phyllo 4 inches above the near long side, leaving a 2-inch
border at each end. Using wax paper as a guide, lift bottom 4 inches
of pastry over filling, folding in ends, and tightly roll up strudel.
Carefully transfer strudel, seam side down, to baking pan and lightly
brush with oil. Make another strudel with remaining ingredients in
same manner. Bake strudels in middle of oven 25 minutes, or until
golden. Cool strudels to warm in pan on a rack. Cut strudels into
1-inch slices with a serrated knife and serve slices warm. Serves 6
to 8. Gourmet December 1997 Sugar & Spice; Kristina Antolin Davies,
Helvetia WV Posted to recipelu-digest by Sandy <sandysno@pctech.net>
on Mar 16,
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