beef pita

How To Make beef pita

• Step 1
  Combine ground beef, onion and garlic in a large frying-pan; cook, stirring frequently until beef loses pink color.
• Step 2
  Pour off drippings.
• Step 3
  Add mushrooms, bay leaf, salt, chili powder, cumin powder, and cinnamon; cook, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are tender about 5 minutes.
• Step 4
  Stir in tomato sauce and wine; cook, covered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Step 5
  Remove bay leaf.
• Step 6
  Cool while preparing cheese filling.
• Step 7
  Combine egg and cream cheese in medium bowl, beat with electric mixer until smooth.
• Step 8
  Stir in cottage and feta cheeses and blend.
• Step 9
  Brush 13 x 9 inch baking pan with melted butter.
• Step 10
  Line pan with 1 sheet of pastry, fitting pastry to contour of pan. (Pastry will come up over edges of pan.)
• Step 11
  Brush pastry with butter.
• Step 12
  Layer with 3 more pastry sheets, brushing each with butter.
• Step 13
  Sprinkle bread crumbs evenly over top.
• Step 14
  Spoon 1/5 of meat filling in layer over crumbs and 1/5 of the cheese filling over meat.
• Step 15
  Place 1 pastry sheet over cheese filling, crinkling to fit inside dimensions of pan; brush with butter and layer with 1/5 of the meat and 1/5 to the cheese fillings.
• Step 16
  Repeat with 3 more pastry sheets, crinkling each, brushing with butter and topping with fillings.
• Step 17
  Turn bottom pastry ends up over filling.
• Step 18
  Place remaining 8 pastry sheets smoothly over top, brushing each with butter.
• Step 19
  Using spatula, tuck top pastry sheets around inside edges of pan.
• Step 20
  With sharp knife, score top lightly in half lengthwise and sixths crosswise. (Do not cut through.)
• Step 21
  Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 1 hour or until top is golden brown.
• Step 22
  Cool at least 10 minutes before cutting along scored lines.
• Step 23
  Place a cherry tomato on each of 12 small wooden picks and insert pick in center of each serving.
• Step 24
  Garnish with parsley.
• Step 25
  Garnish individual servings with fresh fruit kabobs, if desired.
• Step 26
  FRESH FRUIT KABOBS: To make fresh fruit kabobs, place chunks of fresh pineapple, cantaloupe, whole strawberries or other fruits in season on small wooden skewers.
• Step 27
  Servings: 12
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