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Apr 25, 2008

Sfeeha- صفيحه باللحمه - Meat Pies

Meat pies or Sfeeha is a popular snack that is prepared in the Middle Eastern kitchen. It has many variations of preparing and filling, this is an easy recipe to prepare this delicious food that can be eaten as a snack or as a meal served with green salad or yogurt.



Ingredients:

Basic bread dough (I used frozen bread dough, two loaves)
1.5 pounds ground beef or lamb
2 diced onions. (I used dry onion flakes as a time saver)
3 tablespoons tomato paste
Salt ,pepper & Allspice
Oil for the pan
1/2 cup pine nuts
1- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine meat, onions, and seasonings and cook with little oil until browned fully
2- There are few things that you can add to the meat to flavor it even more, such as adding yogurt or pomegranate molasses or Tihini sauce or tomato sauce. I added tomato paste and mixed it well.
3- Add the pine nuts
4- Cut the dough out to form about 3-4" rounds. Let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
5- Place some of the meat filling onto the dough
6- Place on an oiled baking sheet and bake at 450 degrees for about 15 minutes. But depending on your oven it might take less or more time.
7- Broil the top to a nice golden brown color. Do not leave for a long time under the broiler, they burn fast!
العجينه الاساسية للخبز ) استخدمت العجينه المجمده الجاهزه)
نصف كيلو لحم البقر او الضأن المفروم
البصل المقطع قطع صغيره. أستخدمت رقائق البصل الجاف لتوفير الوقت)
3 ملاعق كبيره معجون البندوره
الملح والفلفل و البهارات حسب الرغبه
زيت لدهن صينية الخبيز
ربع كوب من الصنوبر-
- سخني الفرن الى 450 درجة. قلّبي اللحم والبصل والتوابل واطبخيها مع قليل من الزيت حتى تستوي تماما
-أتركي اللحم حتى يبرد قليلا. هناك عده من الأختيارات التي يمكنك اضافتهاا الىاللحم المفروم مثل اضافة اللبن الرايب, أو دبس الرمان, أوالطحينه أو صلصه البندوره.

اضف الصنوبر الى اللحمه المفرومه.

قطعي العجين الى قطع كروية الشكل( بقدر الأمكان). و اتركيها لتختمر و ترتاح لمدة 10-15 دقيقة.
ضعي الزيت في صينية الخبز, ضعي الجين قبل الحشي
بأطراف أصابعك, أحشي الحجين بقليل من اللحم
وأخبزي في الفرن على حرارة 225 درجة مئويه لمدة 15 دقيق أو أقلة. ولكن حسب فرنك قد يستغرق اقل او اكثر من الزمن.
- اشوي من الاعلى حتى تحصلي على صفيحه مشهية اللون . راقبي الصينيه حين الشواء لأنها سريعة الأحتراق

20 comments:

rasha said...

WoW ya summer,
sfee7a is one of my favorites...teslam 2eedek...it looks great :)

Summer said...

Rasha, thanks for coming by and leaving such a nice comment. :)

jj said...

These look absolutely wonderful! Thanks.

Summer said...

JJ, Thanks for coming by and leaving a nice comment. i am glad you liked the recipe.

Mimi said...

I loveee sfeeha!

I usually just make the dough on my own though :)

Summer said...

mimi, I usually make my own dough too but when i am in the states they have this great frozen bread dough that stays soft even after you bake it, and i works very well with arabic pastries too. thanks for coming by

Mag said...

Hey Summer,
I love your blog/site! And I love your recipe of sfeeha, I love it with Laban too yummy!

Summer said...

Meg, Thanks for coming by, looking around my blog and leaving a comment.
i agree, Sfeeha is so good with plain yogurt and with green salad on the side too.

Ruth Elkin said...

These sound like tasty little treats. I love pie, don't have it too often though.

mimi said...

Hey summer, I'm making sfeeha today. I dont usually use milk in the dough, buut my sister in law said its a good idea. Is that true?

Summer said...

Ruth,Thanks for coming by and leaving a comment. :)

Summer said...

Mimi, I think it depends on the recipe you are following. some recipes call for milk and others don't. the ones with milk are nice and they keep moist from the inside which is nice. Sahtain! I know your sfeeha will turn out great today!

JennDZ - The Leftover Queen said...

This sounds really good Summer. I love little meat pies!

Summer said...

Queen, Thanks for coming by and leaving a comment. i really appreciate it.
this is a very easy recipe especailly when you make it with the ready dough. have a great weekend.

Lillian said...

Hi Mimi,

I made your recipe and posted it on my cooking blog! http://extraschmaltz.blogspot.com/2008/07/meat-fataayir-savory-arabic-pastries.html

Your recipes look great and I love the music. I look forward to trying more. Take care, LM

Lillian said...

I'm making these filled with spinach right now! Glad to hear you were looking for the muhammarah recipe. My brother studies Arabic and I visited him in Jordan a few years ago. He just got back from Syria. We all love Middle Eastern food and are always looking for more recipes! Thanks for the recipes and congratulations on the magazine article. --LM

Summer said...

Lillian, thanks for coming by again! Yes, i will make the Muhammara recipe soon, i am sure it is going to be great to have at home and not at a restaurant! spinach pies should be delicious, i have taped the making but i am still behind in my video making!! just way too busy this summer. thanks again and have a great night.

Anonymous said...

Youre recipie looks great. Im going to try this out today. Can you tell me what the spices are specifically, that I can use? Also can you describe how to make the dough? I hardly cook so I dont know much but this looks great. cant wait to try it out!

Mom said...

anonymous, i have a link to the dough on the same post, please check it out here:
http://mimicooks.com/2007/09/simple-bread-dough.html
the spices i added are: salt, black pepper, allspice, cinnamon and a little cardamom.
if you are in the states, you can get this frozen dough:
http://www.rhodesbread.com/
good luck!

Alia Dalwai said...

Hi.
Im your new follower!
Wow! Thanx for the recipe. I've been looking for this!

Alia
http://aliascreativelife.blogspot.com/