Baalbekia

Name: Baalbekia
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 g minced meat; 2 large tomatoes - diced; 1 large onion - diced; 1 tbsp red pepper paste; 1 teaspoon chili (optional); 1 tsp 7 spices; 1.25 tsp salt; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 500 g flour; 250 ml warm water; 1 tsp yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 1/4 tsp salt; 40 ml olive oil

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

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Baalbekia

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

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Ingredients

500 gminced meat
2large tomatoes - diced
1large onion - diced
1 tbspred pepper paste
1 teaspoonchili (optional)
1 tsp7 spices
1.25 tspsalt
2 tbspvegetable oil
500 gflour
250 mlwarm water
1 tspyeast
1 tspsugar
1/4 tspsalt
40 mlolive oil

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Steps

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In a large bowl, add the meat, onions, tomatoes, peppers, spices and 1 tbs salt. Mix all the ingredients together. Transfer to a colander, place a bowl underneath to get rid of any excess water, then place in the fridge until ready to use
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Next to prepare the dough, add flour and oil in a mixer. Dissolve the yeast with water and sugar, then add to the flour and knead
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Add salt and continue kneading until you get a soft dough
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Put the dough in a bowl and cover. Allow the dough to rest for approximately 1 hour or until it has doubled in size
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Spread the dough into a 1/2 cm thickness. Cut small circles, using a dough cutter or any round shape
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Each circle is stuffed with an appropriate amount of meat stuffing and formed according to desire
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Place the stuffed dough onto a greased oven baking tray, leave space in between the dough so as they don’t stick together while baking
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Leave the stuffed dough to rest for 10 minutes before baking
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Bake stuffed dough in the oven at 180°c for 18-20 minutes or until cooked and golden
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Serve as desired next to yougurt and salad.
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By:Norma Ali