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Byrek me mishFlaky meat byrek triangles

Byrek me mish is flaky Albanian street-food byrek, folded into triangles around beef, onions and tomatoes. Homemade dough is layered with butter and stretched as thin as a cloth. My viral recipe. About 4 hours, 2 of them resting.

  • 4 hr 10 min
  • Makes 8 large triangles
  • 5 out of 5, from 2 cooks
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