ARNAKI SE FILLO (LAMB in FILLO)
ARNAKI SE FILLO (LAMB in FILLO)
ARNAKI SE FILLO (LAMB in FILLO)

Ingredients
  • 2 medium onions, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 12 fillo sheets
  • ½ cup butter, melted
  • Salt
  • 3 medium tomatoes, peeled
  • 1 teaspoon rigani or oregano
  • 125 grams feta cheese, cut in 6 slices
Directions
  • Directions
  • Trim steaks of most of the fat and shape neatly, trimmings can be used in a ground lamb dish. Season with pepper.
  • Heat butter or oil in a frying pan and brown steaks quickly on each side, do not cook through. Lift out onto a dish and leave until cool. Add onions to pan and fry gently until transparent, add garlic and remove from heat.
  • Brush a sheet of fillo pastry with melted butter and place another sheet on top, brushing again with butter. Fold in half to make almost a square of fillo. Put aside and cover with a dry tea towel, then one dampened with warm water. Repeat with remaining fillo to give 6 prepared squares.
  • Take one square and brush top with butter, leave remaining pastry covered. Place a lamb steak in the center and season lightly with salt. Top with onion-garlic mixture and cover with 2 slices of tomato.
  • Sprinkle with a little rigani, salt and pepper and place a slice of feta cheese on top. Bring up ends of fillo pastry and double fold over top. Fold in ends as you would a package then tuck ends underneath.
  • Place on a buttered baking tray. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Brush tops and sides of packages lightly with melted butter and bake in a preheated hot oven for 15 minutes.
  • Serve immediately if possible, though they will survive in the oven with heat turned off for about 10 minutes.
  • Garnish with parsley sprigs and serve with boiled green beans or zucchini dressed with olive and lemon juice.