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Moroccan Beef, Pumpkin & Couscous Filo Pie

Here's how you make Moroccan Beef, Pumpkin & Couscous Filo Pie
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 40m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 cup couscous (wholemeal)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion (finely chopped)
  • 500 grams lean ground beef
  • 2 cups grated pumpkin (butternut)
  • Moroccan paste (2 tablespoons)
  • 1/3 cup currants
  • 1/3 cup slivered almonds (toasted)
  • 1/2 bunch mint, finely chopped
  • 9 sheets (90 grams) filo pastry
  • Olive oil spray
  • Greek-style yoghurt, to serve
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 200C.

  • Step 2: Lightly grease a 10 cup 25cm pie dish or round baking dish.

  • Step 3: Place couscous in a large heatproof bowl and pour over 1/2 cup of boiling water and cover and set aside for 5 minutes or until liquid has been completely absorbed.

  • Step 4: Meanwhile, heat oil in a frying pan on high and cook onion for 4 minutes, stirring until softened and then add mince and cook for 6 minutes, breaking up lumps with a wooden spoon, until evenly browned and then stir in pumpkin and paste and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pumpkin softens and season to taste.

  • Step 5: Fluff couscous with a fork to separate grains and add beef mixture, currants, almonds and mint and mix well to combine.

  • Step 6: Spray 3 pastry sheets with oil and layer on top of each other and repeat to make 3 separate stacks.

  • Step 7: Line pie dish with pastry, overlapping to completely line dish and allowing excess to overhang.

  • Step 8: Pile beef filling mixture into centre and tehn fold overhanging pastry over the top of filling and spray with olive oil and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until pastry is golden brown and crisp all over,

  • Step 9: Cut into wedges and serve with yoghurt.


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