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Pastry, Sfeeha (LaHm-Bi-AjIn)

Source of Recipe

Internet/ Lebanese


List of Ingredients

Dough:
1 kg (5 cups) plain flour
1 tsp dry yeast
2 tbsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
1 1/4 cups water

Filling:
1/2 kg ground Lamb
1 kg firm tomatoes, finely chopped
5 medium onions, finely chopped
1 tsp salt
A dash of: cayenne red pepper, cinnamon, ground allspice
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp yogurt
1 tbsp sesame paste (Tahini)
5 tbsp fried pine nuts




Recipe

For the dough, mix all the dry ingredients then add the water & knead until it forms a ball.
Put in a bowl & cover & let sit in a warm place for two hours.
For the filling, mix meat, tomatoes, onion and spices. Add yogurt & sesame paste. Mix all with fried pine nuts. Add butter & mix more.
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. Put one tbsp of meat mixture on dough circle.
Bring the edges up and press to make a square.
Arrange meat pastries in a tray brushed with butter. Bake in a pre-heated moderate heat oven (180° C) for 30 minutes or till dough is golden and meat is cooked.

Var; From dolores casella.
Combine 2 pounds ground lean lamb, 2 large onions, minced and 1/2 cup pine nuts. Brown this mixture in 1/3 cup butter or oil. remove the pan from the heat and stir in 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon each, pepper, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Cool before using.