Filo Lamb Triangles

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 onion
• 1 teaspoon garlic (fresh from store bought jar or 2 cloves garlic, personal preference re taste)
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 500 g lean ground lamb (or 500 g beef mince or 500 g ground chicken, can be substituted )
• 200 g sweet potatoes (kumera)
• 8 sheets phyllo pastry
• 2/3 cup plain yogurt
• 2 tablespoons mint sauce (store bought or 2 tablespoons fresh mint )
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200 c; line tray with baking paper.
• 2 heat oil in pan, add onion and cook until soft; add garlic, cumin and coriander; stir for about 30 seconds.
• 3 add ground lamb, and increase heat to high; cook until meat is browned.
• 4 peel and grate kumera/sweet potato and add; cook for about 10 minutes; cool.
• 5 divide mixture into 8 portions and place a sheet of filo onto a clean surface; note: if you have not dealt with filo before, make sure you cover remaining sheets with a clean towel until ready to use.
• 6 spray filo with cooking oil (can also use pastry brush using oil lightly over the filo pastry).
• 7 place 1 portion of lamb and fold filo pastry in half to form a triangle; continue folding to form a triangle; repeat same with all 8 portions.
• 8 place triangles in tray and spray with oil.
• 9 bake about 20 minutes until golden brown.
• 10 combine yogurt and mint sauce (or chopped fresh mint) with yoghurt sauce; serve with traingles and.
• 11 enjoy!