Turkish mina de espinaca con carne

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 Matzos
1 pounds Fresh spinach
1 medium Onion, chopped
6 tablespoons Vegetable oil
1 pounds Ground beef
2 tablespoons Pignolia, optional
1 teaspoon Salt, or to taste
1 pinch Allspice
1 cup Mashed potatoes
3 Eggs

Directions

Soak the unbroken matzos in cold water until soft. Drain very well on a cloth or paper towel. Squeeze if necessary. (This step is important, or the mina will be too soggy and not crunchy.) Wash the s pinach well, drain thoroughly, and dry, then chop lightly. Saute the onion in 2 tbsp oil. Add the meat and cook until browned. Just before it is done, add the pignolias, if using. Season with salt an d allspice. Degrease. Cook the spinach briefly, just until it wilts. Drain and mix with meat and potatoes. Beat two eggs well and add to the spinach-meat mixture. Preheat oven to 400F.

Grease a pie p late or square baking pan with 2 tbsp oil. Cover the bottom of the pan with 2 whole matzos. If they break up, you can patch them.

Spread the spinach-meat mixture on top. Cover with the remaining 2 ma tzos.

Brush the top with the remaining 2 tbsp oil. Beat the remaining egg and spread over all. Bake 50 min or until top is lightly browned.

NOTES : From _The Jewish Holiday Kitchen_ by Joan Nathan. Schocken Books, New York: 1988.

Recipe by: Joan Nathan Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #547 by "Master Harper Gaellon" <gaellon@...> on Apr 3, 1997

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