Lebanese meat pies or sfeehas are savory pastries that are traditionally served like pizzas or as little triangles of doughy bread stuffed with a flavorful ground lamb or beef filling. Lebanese meat pies can be made in large sizes to be eaten for a main meal or smaller for appetizers!
Lebanese Meat Pies
Fatayer Bi Lahim
Yield: 36 pies
Materials
- 1 recipe Basic Lebanese Bread Dough
- 2 lbs lean lamb or beef
- 2 large tomatoes finely diced
- ½ cup parsley finely chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp allspice
- 1 medium onion
- ¾ cup pine nuts
Instructions
- Prepare Basic Lebanese Bread Dough
- While dough is rising, combine all filling ingredients except butter. Mix well.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out half of the dough to ⅛" thickness on a lightly floured surface. With a 3" cookie cutter, cut out individual circles. (Save dough left from cutting. Roll and re-use)
- Place 1 heaping Tbsp. of filling in centre of each circle. Bring up three edges of dough to form a triangle, leaving a small opening in the centre. Secure edges of dough by pinching tightly.
- Place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven at 450 degrees for approximately 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Brush tops with butter.
