Turkish · Dinner
Fried Meat and Cheese Pastry Rolls
Crisp fried pastry rolls wrapped around seasoned ground beef, onion and melted kasseri-style cheese, spiced with cumin and paprika. The filling is sautéed until browned before being rolled in thin yufka dough and shallow-fried to a golden, shattering crust. Served hot with lemon wedge and yogurt.
$5
20 minsPrep
10 minsCook
30 minsTotal
MediumLevel
Nutrition per serving
563Calories
32.2gProtein
37.6gFat
28.5gCarbs
2.2gSugar
1.8gFiber
854mgSodium
98mgChol
13.2gSat Fat
435mgPotassium
300mgCalcium
3.4mgIron
2.1mcgVitamin B12
5.8mgVitamin C
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Instructions
1
Prep
Dice the onion, grate the kasseri cheese, and lay out yufka sheets on a clean work surface under a damp towel.
2
Sauté
Cook ground beef and onion over medium-high heat for 6 to 7 minutes, breaking up the meat, until fully browned.
3
Finish
Off the heat, stir in cumin, paprika, salt, pepper, parsley and grated cheese until the cheese just begins to melt.
4
Build
Place filling along the bottom edge of one yufka sheet, fold sides in, roll into a cigar shape, seal with flour-water paste.
5
Fry
Heat vegetable oil in a shallow skillet over medium heat, fry rolls turning every minute for 5 to 6 minutes total until deep golden.
6
Plate
Arrange rolls on a plate with a lemon wedge alongside for squeezing over before eating.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 13 oz433g ground beef
- 11 onion
- 3 oz86g kasseri cheese or mozzarella
- 66 sheets yufka or spring roll pastry (about 20cm rounds, roughly 45g total)
- 2 tbsp2 tbsp parsley
- 1 tsp1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp2 tbsp all-purpose flour mixed with 2 tbsp water (for sealing)
- 2/3 cup160ml vegetable oil, for shallow-frying
- 22 lemon wedge, to serve
