Börek with spiced beef and pistachios | Recipe | A kitchen in Istanbul

Ingredients

• 1 eggs
• 100 ml olive oil (I use a mild extra virgin)
• 100 ml Greek yoghurt
• 100 ml whole milk
• 12 sheets filo pastry (for baklava (baklavalik), (c. 225 g/½ lb))
• 2 tsp nigella seeds (and/or sesame seeds, to sprinkle on top)
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium onion (peeled and finely chopped)
• 300 g minced beef (or lamb)
• 30 g pistachios (unsalted) (roughly chopped)
• 1 dried apricots (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp pul biber (Aleppo pepper)
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• ½ tsp ground allspice
• ½ tsp paprika
• ¼ tsp ground coriander
• ¼ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 Tbsp finely chopped flat leaf parsley (Italian parsley) (without thick stalks)
• 2 Tbsp butter
• salt and pepper