The Search Door
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TypeSide dish
Serves4 people
DateOctober 12, 2026
Crispy filo pastry doors with a spicy filling, standing open like a search door.
Crispy filo pastry doors filled with spicy lentils and feta, standing upright like an open door. The outside is neat, the inside sharp. The silhouette refers to the open door of a house search: a tidy frame with an open center.
Ingredients
- 8 sheets filo pastry
- 200 g lentils (canned, drained)
- 100 g feta
- 1 red onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 egg
- salt and pepper
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Finely chop the onion and garlic.
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a pan, sauté onion and garlic until soft.
- Add cumin and paprika, fry briefly.
- Add lentils, fry for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Let cool.
- Crumble the feta into the lentil mixture.
- Place a sheet of filo on the counter, brush with olive oil. Lay a second sheet on top.
- Spoon a narrow line of filling along the long edge. Roll up tightly into a stick about 20 cm long.
- Bend the stick into a 90-degree angle (like an open door). Repeat to make 4 doors.
- Place on baking paper. Beat the egg and brush the tops.
- Bake for 15 minutes until golden and crisp.
- Stand the 'doors' upright on the plate so they look open.
Serving notes
- Serve on a light plate so the door shape stands out.
- Sprinkle extra feta as 'dust' at the doorway.