Kreatopita | Greek Phyllo Meat Pie
A delicious Greek meat phyllo pie recipe.
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- Olive Oil
- 2 medium onions (diced)
- 1 lb ground beef
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon fresh chopped dill
- pepper
- salt
- 1 teaspoon tomato paste
- ⅓ cup red wine
- ¼ cup chicken broth
- ½ cup crumbled feta
- 1 egg
- ½ cup butter (melted)
- 1 lb box of phyllo (16 oz, 1 roll thawed at room temperature*)
Instructions
- 1
Add olive oil to pan and heat over medium-high heat.
- 2
Add onions to hot pan and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
- 3
Add ground beef and brown.
- 4
Add in oregano, dill, pepper, a little salt, and tomato paste, mix.
- 5
Add wine and reduce.
- 6
Add chicken broth and reduce.
- 7
Once all liquid has been reduced, remove from heat.
- 8
Empty into bowl, add feta and egg - mix everything together.
- 9
Set meat aside and prepare baking dish.
- 10
Preheat oven to 350F.
- 11
Brush a square baking pan with some melted butter**
- 12
Unroll the phyllo sheets and lay them flat on the plastic.
- 13
Cut the sheets to match the size of the pan you’re using.
- 14
Take one phyllo sheet and lay it in the baking pan.***
- 15
Brush with some melted butter and lay another sheet of phyllo down.
- 16
Brush that with butter and repeat 6 more times (phyllo sheet, butter, phyllo sheet).
- 17
After the 8th phyllo sheet, pour the meat mixture into the pan, and smooth it out evenly with a spoon.
- 18
Now, repeat steps 14 -15, placing 8 more phyllo sheets over the meat mixture, spreading melted butter in between each sheet.
- 19
When done, score top of Kreatopita and place in oven for 20-30 minutes, or until golden brown.
- 20
Remove, cut, and serve hot!