Lebanese Meat Pie/ Sfeeha

Lebanese meat pies called in Arabic Sfeeha filled with ground beef or a mix of ground beef and lamb with spices chopped onion and tomato. Meat pies can be enjoyed as a meal with a side of soup or yogurt in the hot days with squeeze of lemon or drizzle of sriracha if you like it spicy. Meat pies served also as appetizer in gatherings and occasions makes the best finger food can be serve hot or cold.

✨Ingredients✨

Filling:

1/2 kg ground beef 1 small chopped tomato 1 small chopped onion 1 cup crushed tomato( cans) 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses 2 tbsp oil 2 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp 7 spice.

For the dough I used my fast dough recipe easy soft and delicious

✨Ingredients✨ 5 cups all purpose flour 2 cups warm water or warm milk 1/2 cup oil 2 tbsp yeast 2 tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt

✨Direction✨

First step: Add in a bowl warm water or warm milk, sugar, yeast, salt and 2 cups flour mix all together till combined then rest for 10 minutes, it will double the size.

Second step: After 10 minutes add oil and 3 cups of flour add slowly or all together then mix till you form a soft dough, and it’s ready to use right away Before rolling the dough let it rest for another 10 minutes it will be softer and easier to roll.

Note: if this your first time trying my fast dough it’s better to add the last cup of flour slowly, might need less or more flour depends on the flour brand.

✨Direction✨ 1: chop onion and tomato then add to the meat with all the other ingredients listed above then refrigerate for couple hours before using.

2: make the dough using my fast dough recipe with milk if you like them very soft or you can make the dough with water only will be crunchy on the outside and soft in the inside.

3: put the Sfeeha filling in the strainer so all the liquid go down.

4: preheat the oven to 500f

5: roll the dough very thin then cut round shapes fill with the meat mix then close