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Kimadopita Ground Beef and Vegetable Pie

A tray pie of crisp phyllo around spiced beef, finely minced onion, carrot and celery, bound with kasseri, egg and parsley. Warming allspice and cinnamon make it a whole meal, hot or at room temperature.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on1 h 15 min
  • Total2 h 58 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Filling

  • 20 mlextra-virgin Greek olive oil, 1 1/4 tbsp
  • 1½large onions, very finely chopped
  • ½large carrot, peeled and minced
  • ½ stalkcelery, trimmed and minced
  • to tastesalt and freshly ground black pepper
  • ¼ tspground allspice
  • ¼ tspfreshly grated nutmeg
  • ¼ tspground cinnamon
  • ¼ tspsweet paprika
  • ¼ tspsmoked paprika or cayenne
  • 400 gground beef, 7/8 lb
  • ½ leafbay leaf
  • 1½ tsptomato paste
  • 65 gkasseri cheese, grated (about 5/8 cup)
  • 1large egg, lightly beaten
  • ½ cupfresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Pastry

  • 200 gfrozen phyllo, thawed and at room temperature
  • to tasteextra-virgin Greek olive oil, for brushing

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Celery
  • Goat, sheep, buffalo or camel milk
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Carrot
  • Parsley
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Allspice
  • Cinnamon
  • Nutmeg
  • Paprika
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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