{"id":36,"date":"2026-02-15T18:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/bourek-beef-stuffed-pastry-rolls\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:26:49","slug":"bourek-beef-stuffed-pastry-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/bourek-beef-stuffed-pastry-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Bourek (Beef-Stuffed Pastry Rolls)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1\/4 c vegetable oil<br \/>\n1 sm onion,chopped (1\/4 cup)<br \/>\n1\/2 lb beef,Ground<br \/>\n1\/2 t salt,or to taste<br \/>\n1\/4 t black pepper<br \/>\n1 egg,beaten<br \/>\n2 T flat leaf parsley,chopped<br \/>\n6 phyllo sheets,12&#215;17 ea<br \/>\n1 lemon wedges for serving<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>When the fast of Ramadhan is broken in the early evening hours, various dishes are considered a traditional part of the meal. This is one of those dishes.<\/p>\n<p>1. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a skillet, add the onion and stir-fry over moderate heat for 2 minutes. Add the beef, salt and pepper and stir-fry for 5 minutes. Add the egg and parsley and fry for 1 minute more. Cool well.<\/p>\n<p>2. Take 1 phyllo sheet and spread it out flat with a short end nearest you. Place 2 heaping tablespoons of the beef mixture 2 inches in from the short edge. Fold both long sides in toward the middle, beginning with the short end roll the phyllo to shape a packet 4 inches long and 1 1\/2 inches wide. Repeat with all the remaining phyllo sheets and stuffing. Set aside.<\/p>\n<p>3. Put the balance of the oil in a skillet over moderate\/low heat and add the rolls. Brown on both sides for about 3 minutes; the low heat prevents the very thin pastry sheets from burning. Drain the rolls on paper towels for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Serve warm with a squeeze of lemon juice. Makes 6.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, &#039;At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.&#039;&quot; (Exodus 16:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/bourek-beef-stuffed-pastry-rolls\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}