Lebanese Meat Pies (Sfeeha)

Name: Lebanese Meat Pies (Sfeeha)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8 pies
Cuisine: Lebanese Coastal & Mountain
Ingredients: 1 batch prepared pizza dough (1 lb); 1 lb ground lamb; 1 medium onion; 0.25 cup pine nuts; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp salt; 0.5 tsp pepper; 1 tsp syrian pepper

Lamb, batch pizza dough and pine nuts come together in this pie, baked in the oven.

50 min · Serves 8 · Easy

Ingredients

1 batch prepared pizza dough (1 lb), or (1 lb) store-bought pizza dough
450 gground lamb, zabiha; or 1 lb ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
60 mlpine nuts
2 tbsplemon juice
2 tbsptomato paste
1 tspsalt
0.5 tsppepper
1 tspsyrian pepper, or 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and 1/2 tsp ground allspice

Method

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Time: Prep 30 min · Cook 20 min · 50 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Preheat oven to 450ºF. Cut the pizza dough into 8 pieces, form the pieces into balls, cover and let sit.
2
Heat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add the meat, onion, and pine nuts and cook until the meat is browned and the onions are transparent.
3
Add the rest of the ingredients, stir until completely combined, and remove from heat. Taste and add more tomato paste or seasonings if needed. Set aside.
4
To form the pies: Flatten a ball of dough into a disk. Roll out into a circle about 6" wide and 1/8" thick.
5
Place some of the filling - about 1/4 cup - into the center of the dough. Fold the edges of the dough over the filling into a triangle, pinching the seams to seal them and leaving a small opening in the center. (You can also fold it into a square, or spread the filling out to the edges and leave the pies flat.).
6
Place the pies on a lightly-oiled baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes, until the dough has started to brown.
20 min