Twist on Lebanese Sfiha (Meat Pies)

Name: Twist on Lebanese Sfiha (Meat Pies)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tsp active dry yeast; 2 tsp sugar; 1 pinch salt; 2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin; 1/4 cup Greek Yogurt; 1 warm water; 1/2 kg ground beef; 2 tsp salt; 1 small onion, chopped finely; 1 small green pepper, chopped finely; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tsp seven spices Or Allspice; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 1 tbsp pomegranate syrup

lenda.sater @cook_3541236

It's so easy to go to any corner bakery in Lebanon and order dozens of meat pies (sfiha); but there is just something different about taking the time to make them at home.

lenda.sater @cook_3541236

It's so easy to go to any corner bakery in Lebanon and order dozens of meat pies (sfiha); but there is just something different about taking the time to make them at home.

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Ingredients

2 tspactive dry yeast
2 tspsugar
1 pinchsalt
2 cupall-purpose flour
1/4 cupolive oil, extra virgin
1/4 cupGreek Yogurt
1warm water
1/2 kgground beef
2 tspsalt
1 smallonion, chopped finely
1 smallgreen pepper, chopped finely
1 tspground cinnamon
2 tspseven spices Or Allspice
1 tspground black pepper
1 tbsppomegranate syrup

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Steps

1

Mix all the ingredients up to the warm water. Add enough warm water to make a dough that is not sticky. Cover and let rise for 2 hours.
2

Brown meat in a pot on the stove top.
3

Add onions, green pepper, and salt. Cook for about 5 min. or until onions become translucent.
4

Add all the spices and mix for another 3 min.
5

Add pomegranate syrup, which can be found in the middle eastern sections at your grocery store.Mix and let cook for an additional 2 min.
6

Let mixture cool.
7

When dough has doubled in size, take it all out onto a floured surface and break off into little balls.
8

Cover them with a cloth and begin rolling out one ball into a flat round.
9

Scoop 1 teaspoon of cooled meat mixture onto the center of the flat round.
10

Pinch edges to make it look like an eye.
11

Place on an oiled pan. Continue with the rest of the dough balls.
12

Bake at 350° on the bottom rack first. Make sure the bottoms are browned. Then put them on the top rack and brown the tops.
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Serve next to some Greek Yogurt. Great to dip.