Algerian bourek

A very delicious street-food favorite during Ramadan, Bourek are a classic of Algerian cuisine.

Ingredients

• 12 leaves of diouel (brik)
• 1 large onio, diced
• 250g - half pound ground beef
• 4 eggs
• bunch of chopped parsley
• wedges of Laughing cow cheese (or any other creme style cheese) half wedge per bourek
• pinch of salt, pepper, cinnamon
• 1 egg + water for brushing
• Oil to fry in

Directions

1. 1 Brown the onion until soft.
2. 2 Now add the minced meat and stir well
3. 3 Then add in the spices.
4. 4 Cook over low fire for 10 and when the 5 5 5 meat is thoroughly cooked break the eggs over the mixture
5. 6 Keep stirring so the egg cooks in with the meat.
6. 7 Leave to cool before filling the bourek pastry with it.
7. 8 Fold the bourek as shown the above picture:
8. 9 Separate each sheet of diouel.
9. 10 Place about 2 tablespoons of the filling in the lower center of the sheet.
10. 11 Fold the two o opposite edges of the sheet to get a rectangle.
11. 12 Roll into cigar shape.