Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Open-faced meat pies - lahem bi ajeen

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Lahm bi ajeen is essentially the Lebanese version of a meat pie. Another popular version known as "sfiha" in Arabic, is an open-faced meat pie with the sides pinched up on all four corners. These meat pies are typically served with a dollop of plain yogurt and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice on top of the. Lebanese Meat Pies Recipe - Lahm bi Ajeen - Lahmajun.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have open-faced meat pies - lahem bi ajeen using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Open-faced meat pies - lahem bi ajeen:

1. Get - For the dough:
2. Take 8 cups flour
3. Get 2 tablespoons dried yeast dissolved in ½ cup warm water
4. Prepare 3 1/2 cups water
5. Prepare 1/2 cup vegetable oil
6. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
7. Make ready 1 teaspoon sugar
8. Get - For the meat mixture:
9. Take 1 kg finely ground beef
10. Prepare 1 kg onions, finely chopped
11. Make ready 2 kg tomatoes, finely chopped
12. Get 2 tablespoons tomato paste
13. Make ready 1 green pepper, finely chopped
14. Take 3 cloves garlic
15. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
16. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper powder
17. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
18. Prepare 2 tablespoons pomegranate syrup, if available

Lahm bi ajeen literally translates to 'meat in dough' and should really be a food group in itself. You might think that this means the dough will be soggy but the open pie means all the extra moisture is evaporated in the hot oven. I use a food processor to really blitz it together well and plus you can. See recipes for Open-faced meat pies - lahem bi ajeen too.

Steps to make Open-faced meat pies - lahem bi ajeen:

1. Mix well all the dough ingredients together, except the vegetable oil.
2. Add in the oil gradually while mixing the ingredients by hand. Continue kneading until you get a firm dough. Don't hesitate to add some more water if needed.
3. Cover the dough with a kitchen cloth and leave it to rest for about 2 hr 30 min in a warm place until it rises and doubles in size.
4. Knead the dough again after dipping your hands in flour, and divide it into balls the size of a golf ball. Leave it to rest for 30 more minutes.
5. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough balls in a round shape, about 12 cm diameter and 1 mm thickness.
6. To prepare the meat mixture: put all the ingredients together and mix well.
7. Spread 2 tablespoons of the mixture on the surface of each dough piece.
8. Slightly grease two oven trays with olive oil and place the lahem bi ajeen on them. Bake in the oven at medium heat for about 20 min or until the bottom of the dough turn lightly brown and the meat is well cooked.
9. Serve warm with plain yogurt or with laban ayran, a salty yogurt drink.
10. Note: You can find the recipe of 'Salty yogurt drink' in my profile

I use a food processor to really blitz it together well and plus you can. See recipes for Open-faced meat pies - lahem bi ajeen too. Lebanese sfeeha or sometime called lahm bi ajeen, which basically means lamb in dough, are amazing little meat pies that full of flavor and simply The dough is basically like a pizza dough and they are either served open face like a mini pizza or sometimes the meat is wrapped within the dough. Lebanese sfeeha or sometime called lahm bi ajeen, which basically means lamb in dough, are amazing little meat pies that full of flavor and simply delicious. The dough is basically like a pizza dough and they are either served open face like a mini pizza or sometimes the meat is wrapped within the.

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