Briouats with beef

Briouats with beef 25-30 pieces (depending on size).

Preparation: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Baking time: 10-12 minutes at 190º hot air.

Delicious crispy Moroccan Briouats

Perfect for a starter, side dish for e.g. a salad, appetizers or for a buffet.

This recipe features spiced beef and is often served in Morocco with cumin and cinnamon on the side in a bowl for dipping between bites.

Briouats can also be made vegetarian with, for example, spinach and ricotta or with prawns and vermicelli, which can then be served with fresh lemon.

In Morocco, they are most often fried in oil, but I have made a lighter version where they are baked in the oven. The filo pastry makes them crispy.

You can make them in different sizes depending on what they will be used for. Large Briouats can be a meal and the small ones for apéritif.

• 900 g minced beef
• 2 large handfuls of chopped fresh parsley
• Oil and butter for frying and greasing phyllo dough
• 2 packs of phyllo dough (can be bought frozen in the larger supermarkets)
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 2 large onions
• 3 tsp. cumin
• 3 tsp. turmeric
• 2 tsp. ginger (powder)
• 3 tsp. cinnamon
• A small pinch of saffron
• Salt and pepper
• 2-3 eggs

Preparation:

1. Finely chop the onions (or use a blender) and fry the onions and garlic in plenty of butter and oil in the pan until nicely golden
2. Fry the beef (chop and spread it well on the pan so it doesn't clump)
3. Add all the spices and parsley to the meat and let it fry
4. Turn off the heat and add the fresh eggs
5. Stir the egg into the beef so that it becomes a mince (it is important that the eggs do not fry)
6. Then melt approx. 100 g of butter in a bowl and set aside
7. Take 1 piece of phyllo dough and spread it out on a plate or cutting board
8. Brush the dough with the butter using a small brush on both sides

Collection:

When you assemble your briouats, cut your phyllo dough lengthwise in the middle, and then fold the oblong pieces in half, so you have a "double" layer of dough. When the dough is brushed and ready, you can distribute your filling.

1. Place a spoonful of filling at the bottom of your piece of dough and fold the dough up and in on itself to form a triangle. Watch video.
2. When you have folded the entire length of the piece of dough, you can fold the last end of the dough into the triangle itself.
3. Repeat this process until you have used all the filling.
4. When your briouats are folded and ready, place them on a piece of baking paper on a plate in the oven and bake at 190º hot air for 10-12 minutes or until they are deliciously golden.

Bon appetite!

When you have tried these briouats with beef, you can try one of my other recipes on vegatar Briouats with spinach and ricotta.