Greek Meat Pie (kreatopita)

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 9 ounces yogurt, greek strained
• 1 egg
• 4 ounces margarine, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg yolk, beaten to mix with the milk
• 1 tablespoon skim milk, for the finish with the egg
• 1 cup flour, may need more to make a pliable but non-sticky dough
• 1 1/4 lbs extra lean ground beef
• 1 onion, sliced
• 3 eggs
• 9 ounces regato cheese
• 4 tablespoons skim milk, heated, to make bechamel sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon flour, to make bechamel sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon margarine, to make bechamel sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon biscotti, crumbled can use other dry baked bread

Recipe

• 1 filling: place sliced onion in a colander. pour salted boiled water over them, rinse and drain well.
• 2 add onions to a coated pan and fry for 2 minutes.
• 3 add beef, cinnamon, salt and pepper and stir well.
• 4 add 1/2 cup of water and boil until just the mixture is left.
• 5 transfer mixture to a mixing bowl and cool.
• 6 prepare béchamel sauce by melting butter in small pan whisk in flour and add hot milk. whisk.
• 7 add 3 eggs, cheese, bread and béchamel sauce to the filling and set aside.
• 8 pastry: combine the pastry ingredients, except for the egg yolk/milk, in a mixing bowl.
• 9 knead it into a pliable, non-sticky dough.
• 10 separate the dough into 2 balls, one slightly larger than the other.
• 11 take the larger ball and roll out enough to more than cover your oven dish. place it in a buttered pie pan, covering the bottom, and sides, going slightly over the edge at the top.
• 12 now place the filling on top of the crust and level it.
• 13 roll out the second dough ball and cover the filling.
• 14 butter the edge of the bottom crust and fold it over inwards to cover the edge of the top crust and make a border by pressing the edges with your fingertips.
• 15 mix the milk and egg yolk and brush the surface with the mixture.
• 16 poke a hole in the middle to allow the steam to escape and stick the rest of the pastry with a fork.
• 17 place in a preheated oven at 325f degrees for about 45 minutes, until it is golden brown.