Spicy Beef Puffs
Submitted by digger
Crispy phyllo triangles filled with curried ground beef, olives, and hot pepper. These flaky, spicy beef puffs bake golden at 425F and pair like a dream with cocktails.
YIELD
12 servingsPREP
20 minCOOK
1 hrsREADY
1 hrsThese little triangles are the kind of appetizer that empties the platter before the main course even shows up.
Curried ground beef gets sauteed with onion, green pepper, celery, garlic, tomato paste, olives, and hot pepper until fragrant and saucy. Then you wrap spoonfuls of that filling into buttered phyllo strips, folding them into neat triangles like you’re folding a flag.
A quick chill to firm them up, then into a roaring 425°F oven until they’re shattering-crisp and golden.
The recipe says they’re “quite spicy and good with drinks." That’s an understatement on both counts.
Kitchen Tips
- Keep the phyllo under a damp towel at all times. Phyllo dries out in minutes and turns brittle and impossible to work with.
- Brush every strip with melted butter. This is what makes the layers puff and crisp. Don’t skimp.
- Chill before baking for at least an hour. Cold puffs hold their shape better in the oven and get crispier.
- Make ahead and freeze. These freeze beautifully unbaked. Go straight from freezer to oven, adding a few extra minutes to the bake time.
Ingredients
Directions
Sauté onion, green pepper, celery, garlic, and ground beef together until beef is brown.
Drain. Add curry powder and sauté 5 more minutes.
Add seasoned salt, pepper, thyme, tomato paste, olives and hot pepper, and simmer, covered for 30 minutes.
Cool. Melt butter over low heat.
Unroll phyllo dough and cut into 1½ inch strips.
Keep dough under a damp towel so that it doesn’t dry out.
Take out one piece at a time and pain it with melted butter.
Place one teaspoonful of meat mixture at end of dough strip and fold corner over.
Continue folding loke flag retaining triangular shape.
Brush outside of triangle with butter. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
Chill puffs one hour or more covered with plastic wrap.
Bake in preheated oven at 425℉ (220℃) for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden.
These are quite spicy and good with drinks.
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