SPICY BEEF PUFFS
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Appetizers
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 12
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           cup  Onion (chopped)
     1/2           cup  Green pepper (chopped)
     1/4           cup  Celery (chopped)
  2                     Garlic cloves (finely mincd)
     1/2         pound  Ground beef (lean)
  1         tablespoon  Curry powder
     1/2      teaspoon  Seasoned salt
     1/4      teaspoon  Pepper
     1/4      teaspoon  Thyme
  3             ounces  Tomato paste
     1/4           cup  Green olives (stuffd -- chopd)
  1                     Hot chili pepper (canned
                        - seeded and chopped)
     1/2           cup  Butter (1 stick)
     1/2         pound  Phyllo dough
 

Preparation:

Saute onion, green pepper, celery, garlic, and ground beef together until beef is brown. Drain. Add curry powder and saute 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 1-1/2 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 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. These are quite spicy and good with drinks. Makes approximately 60, which will ser

 

Nutritional Information:

64 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (41% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 205mg Sodium