Lebanese homemade meat pies/ Lahm bi Ajeen or Sfiha

Name: Lebanese homemade meat pies/ Lahm bi Ajeen or Sfiha
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: Dough, same used in Manouche recipe; 1/2 kg mince lamb; OR mix mince beef and lamb; 2 medium onions; 1 big tomato; 1/2 green or red hot chili pepper; Handful pine nuts (optional); 1/2 teaspoon Lebanese seven spices or replace with allspice and a bit of cinnamon powder; Salt and black pepper; Lemon, sliced; Plain yogurt

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

#ramadan
This is everyone’s favourite! Always a winner on a Sunday table with the family.

Traditionally, we prepare the meat mixture at home and send it to the a place in the neighborhood with a communal oven, like a bakery, we call it Foron, where they have the dough ready and we just assemble the ingredients and bake them there.

I was so happy to make this here in the UK and recreate the flavours of Lebanon in my tiny kitchen ♥️

#ramadan
This is everyone’s favourite! Always a winner on a Sunday table with the family.

I was so happy to make this here in the UK and recreate the flavours of Lebanon in my tiny kitchen ♥️

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

#ramadan
This is everyone’s favourite! Always a winner on a Sunday table with the family.

I was so happy to make this here in the UK and recreate the flavours of Lebanon in my tiny kitchen ♥️

#ramadan
This is everyone’s favourite! Always a winner on a Sunday table with the family.

I was so happy to make this here in the UK and recreate the flavours of Lebanon in my tiny kitchen ♥️

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Ingredients

1 hour

6 people

Dough, same used in Manouche recipe
Manoushe (منقوشه) - Lebanese Flatbread with Toppings
Meat mixture
1/2 kgmince lamb
OR mix mince beef and lamb
2medium onions
1big tomato
1/2green or red hot chili pepper
Handfulpine nuts (optional)
1/2 teaspoonLebanese seven spices or replace with allspice and a bit of cinnamon powder
Salt and black pepper
On the side
Lemon, sliced
Plain yogurt

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Steps

1 hour

1

Prepare the dough and let it rest as per the recipe attached here

Manoushe (منقوشه) - Lebanese Flatbread with Toppings
2

In the meantime prepare the meat mixture by adding the meat and all the ingredients to a food processor (except the pine nuts). Blend until you get a fine mixture. Place the meat mixture in a colander to get rid of the excess juices. Add the pine nuts and mix.
3

Preheat the oven to 220C.
4

Now back to the dough. There are many ways to shape the lahm bi ajeen. You can make small pizza shape using this technique: On a floured surface, roll the dough with a rolling pin. Use the top of a bowl of ~12cm diameter as a cutter to shape the dough and make small cylinders.
5

Spread an amount of 1 tablespoon on the dough.
6

Another way is to make smaller cylinders (~8cm diameter) and place almost 1 teaspoon of meat in the middle. Pinch the four corners to get a square shape. The size of this should just fit perfectly into your palm.
7

Place in the oven and bake for almost 15 minutes until golden. Serve immediately with a squeeze of lemon on top and a bowl of plain yogurt on the side.
8

Yummmm 🤤