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* Unsalted margarine, melted, can also be used. ** Phyllo Leaves
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are greek pastry and they should be defrosted.
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~----------------- Combine ground beef, onion and garlic in a large
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frying-pan; cook, stirring frequently until beef loses pink color.
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Pour off drippings. Add mushrooms, bay leaf, salt, chili powder,
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cumin powder, and cinnamon; cook, stirring frequently, until
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mushrooms are tender about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce and wine;
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cook, covered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaf.
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Cool while preparing cheese filling. Combine egg and cream cheese in
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medium bowl, beat with electric mixer until smooth. Stir in cottage
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and feta cheeses and blend. Brush 13 x 9-inch baking pan with melted
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butter. Line pan with 1 sheet of pastry, fitting pastry to contour of
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pan. (Pastry will come up over edges of pan.) Brush pastry with
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butter. Layer with 3 more pastry sheets, brushing each with butter.
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Sprinkle bread crumbs evenly over top. Spoon 1/5 of meat filling in
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layer over crumbs and 1/5 of the cheese filling over meat. Place 1
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pastry sheet over cheese filling, crinkling to fit inside dimensions
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of pan; brush with butter and layer with 1/5 of the meat and 1/5 to
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the cheese fillings. Repeat with 3 more pastry sheets, crinkling
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each, brushing with butter and topping with fillings. Turn bottom
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pastry ends up over filling. Place remaining 8 pastry sheets smoothly
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over top, brushing each with butter. Using spatula, tuck top pastry
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sheets around inside edges of pan. With sharp knife, score top
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lightly in half lengthwise and sixths crosswise. (Do not cut through)
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Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 1 hour or until top is golden
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brown. Cool at least 10 minutes before cutting along scored lines.
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Place a cherry tomato on each of 12 small wooden picks and insert
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pick in center of each serving. Garnish with parsley. Garnish
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individual servings with fresh fruit kabobs, if desired. FRESH FRUIT
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KABOBS: To make fresh fruit kabobs, place chunks of fresh pineapple,
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cantaloupe, whole strwberries or other fruits in season on small
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wooden skewers.
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