Sfiha recipe in a pinched corner pie style

Sfiha is a Lebanese meat pie that is served as pizzas or little triangles of doughy bread with a stuffing of flavourful beef filling or ground lamb. We can eat them as a main meal by making them in large sizes or can be eaten as an appetizer. Sfiha is also known as “sfeehas”; “lahmacun”; “Lahm bi ajeen” which means “meat with dough”. They are a popular item of Levantine cuisine.

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Ingredients for making sfiha recipe:

Ground beef – 450 gm

Pomegranate molasses – 2 tbsp

Tomato paste – 2 tbsp

Olive oil – 2 tsp

Jalapeno seeded and minced – 15 gm

Parsley chopped – ¼ cup

Onion minced – ½ small

Greek yogurt or labneh – 1 tbsp

Breadcrumbs – 2 tbsp

Salt – ¾ tsp

Black pepper ground – ½ tsp

Pizza dough – 1 kg

Method:

Firstly, take a bowl, put ground beef, pomegranate molasses, tomato paste, olive oil, jalapeno, parsley, onion, labneh, breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper in it and mix well.
Then, divide the pizza dough into 20 equal pieces (50 gm each).
After that, roll them on a lightly floured surface and then roll them into a circle of about 1/8 inch thickness.
Now, place the circles onto 2 parchment-lined baking sheets.
Then, divide the meat into 20 equal pieces and place each piece into the center of each dough circle. Spread the meat on a circle leaving a border of ¼ to ½ inches.
After that, pinch two opposites’ sides together and stick them together. If the dough is too dry and not sticking then apply some water before pinching.
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F/ 245 degrees C while the pies rise for about 15 minutes.
Then, bake the pies for about 25 minutes until turn golden brown.
Finally, serve hot.

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Saumya Gupta