Greek Cigars
Source of Recipe
Woman's Day July 2009
List of Ingredients
- 8 oz lean ground beef
- 1/2 finely chopped onion
- 10oz frozen spinach, thawed and chopped
- 1/2 tsp each salt and ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 3 oz crumbled feta
- 3 Tbl chopped fresh dill
- 1 roll filo
- 1/2 cuop melted butter
- 1 cup plain yogurt
Instructions
- Heat med skillet over med high heat. Add beef and onion; cook oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking pan with foil; coat with nonstick spray. unfold filo; lay a sheet with short side facing you on work surface; keep renaming sheets covered with plastic wrap topped with a damp towel. Lightly brush top half of filo with butter. Fold buttered half on top of unbuttered half to make a rectangle. Brush again. Cut in half to make two rectangles.
- Place 1 tbl of filling along a short side of one rectangle; roll up into a tight cylinder. Place on a baking pan, seam side down; brush with butter. Repeat.
- Bake at 12 minutes until golden. Meanwhile stir remaining 1 tbl chopped dill and 1/4 tsp salt with yogurt in small bowl. Serve warm with yogurt sauce.