Ioannina meat pie - (Gianniwtiki pita) Ioannina meat pie NOTES It's the traditional New Year's pie, but they also make it during Greek Halloween Greek : Γιαννιώτικη πίτα Region : Yiannena Print this recipe INGREDIENTS 8 home made sheets, very thin 2 kg of meat from a large lamb 1 kg of dry onions 1 water glass of crushed grains (or rice) 8 eggs 200 gr butter 1 handful of ground hard cheese METHOD We slice the meat and boil it with the onions and the salt until it grows tender. We put it aside and put the onions in a blender, or squeeze them with a fork to a pulp. We mix the meat, the onions, the eggs, grains or rice and as much boiled water as needed to turn the mixture into a mush. We spread half of the sheets on an oiled baking pan and dub them with melted butter. We cover our pie with the rest of the sheets, sprinke some hard cheese on top of them, and bake for 45 minutes at 180 degrees.