Bourikakia (beef with filo)

• Ingredients
  
• 1 lb. ground beef
  
• 2 onions
  
• 3 eggs
  
• 2 sticks of butter
  
• 3 Tbsp. tomato paste
  
• 1/2 cup grated cheese
  
• Salt and pepper
  
• 1 pkg. of filo dough
  

• Directions
  
• Chop onions.
  
• Melt 1/4 stick of butter in sauce pan then add onions with ground beef, some salt and a pinch of pepper. Saute.
  
• Mix the tomato paste with a glass of water and add into the meat.
  
• Beat eggs.
  
• When the excess water evaporates from the sauce pan, you add the eggs and the cheese.
  
• Mix well, remove from burner and set aside to let cool.
  
• Melt remaining butter in separate sauce pan.
  
• Line cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
  
• Open the filo dough and cut in half, then cover with wax paper, aluminum foil or towel to prevent drying.
  
• Take one of the 1/2 sheets of filo, fold it once lengthwise,
  then brush it with butter.
  
• On the narrow edge of the filo dough nearest you, spoon a half inch strip of the meat mixture (do not cover the entire width of the dough - leave a half inch border on each end). Then roll it like making a burrito or rolling a scatter rug. Once rolled, fold the ends in to encase it.
  
• Brush with butter, and place on cookie sheet.
  
• Once cookie sheet is filled, bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.