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