Sfiha Meat Pies

Name: Sfiha Meat Pies
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 6–8 pies
Cuisine: Lebanese Coastal & Mountain
Ingredients: 2.25 tsp dry yeast; 1 cup warm water; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp olive oil; 3 cup flour; 16 oz ground lamb; 2 firm tomatoes; 5 medium onions; 1 tsp salt; 1 pinch ground cayenne pepper; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp yogurt; 1 tbsp sesame paste; 1 tbsp pomegranate juice; 4 tbsp fried pine nuts

Lamb, tomatoes and yogurt baked in the oven and spiced with cayenne for a Lebanese pie.

1 hr 30 min · Serves 6 · Medium

Method

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Time: Prep 60 min · Cook 30 min · 90 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
For Dough:Combine yeast, water and sugar and let sit for ten minutes. Add olive oil. Slowly add flour, half cup at a time until all combined, add a tsp of water if needed to combine dough.
2
Mix well meat, tomatoes, onion and spices. Add yoghurt, sesame paste and pomegranate. Mix all with fried pine nuts.
3
Add butter. Divide dough into walnut size balls. Roll between hand palms to smooth. Roll out balls with a rolling pin to form 8 cm diameter circles.
4
Put one tbls of meat mixture on dough circle seeing that a cube is in each spoon. Bring the edges up and press to make a square.
5
Arrange meat pastries in a tray brushed with butter. Bake in a moderate heat oven at 350 for 30 minutes or till dough is golden and meat is cooked. Serve hot with yogurt.
30 min