| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats |
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1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 12 |
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17-by 12-inch phyllo sheets |
| 1 1/2 |
c |
Boiling water |
| 1/2 |
c |
Dried tomatoes not packed in oil; (about 2 ounces) |
| 1/2 |
lb |
Mushrooms |
| 3/4 |
c |
Kalamata or other brine-cured black olives or pitted ripe black olives |
| 1 |
tb |
Olive oil |
| 1 |
lb |
Ground lamb |
| 1 |
ts |
Dried rosemary; crumbled |
| 1 |
ts |
Dried basil; crumbled |
| 1/2 |
ts |
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
FOR FILLING
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, 1998
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