Middle Eastern · Dinner
Fried Meat Pastries
Crisp deep-fried pastry parcels filled with spiced ground beef, onion, and pine nuts, folded into half-moons from thin dough and fried until golden and shattering-crisp. Warmly spiced with cinnamon, allspice, and cumin, served hot with a lemony yogurt dip.
$4
30 minsPrep
15 minsCook
45 minsTotal
MediumLevel
Nutrition per serving
579Calories
21.3gProtein
37.1gFat
40.8gCarbs
2.7gSugar
2.5gFiber
525mgSodium
64mgChol
8.2gSat Fat
395mgPotassium
90mgCalcium
3.6mgIron
1.8mcgVitamin B12
3mgVitamin C
low-cholesterol
spice-route
all-time-classics
Instructions
1
Prep
Mix flour with salt, then work in warm water, yogurt, and 1 teaspoon olive oil until a smooth elastic dough forms; knead for 3 minutes until it springs back when poked.
2
Rest
Cover the dough and let it sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
3
Sauté
Heat the remaining olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat and cook the onion for 4 minutes until soft and translucent.
4
Sear
Add the ground beef to the skillet and cook over medium-high heat for 5 minutes, breaking it up, until no pink remains and edges brown.
5
Bloom
Stir in the cinnamon, allspice, cumin, pine nuts, and salt; cook over medium heat for 1 minute until fragrant, then cool.
6
Wrap
Roll the dough to 1/16-inch thickness, cut into four 3-inch rounds, fill each with beef mixture, fold in half, and crimp edges tightly.
7
Fry
Heat the vegetable oil to 350°F (175°C) and fry pastries in batches for 3 minutes per side until deep golden brown and crisp.
8
Drain
Lift pastries onto a paper-towel-lined plate and let excess oil drain for 1 minute.
9
Whisk
Stir together the yogurt, lemon juice, and garlic for the dip until smooth.
10
Plate
Arrange the pastries on a plate with the yogurt dip alongside and serve hot.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 11 oz311g ground beef
- 11 onion
- 4 tsp4 tsp pine nuts
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tbsp2 tbsp olive oil
- 7 oz200g all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp salt, for dough
- 4 tbsp4 tbsp warm water, for dough
- 2 tbsp2 tbsp plain yogurt, for dough
- 2 cup480ml vegetable oil, for frying
- 4 tbsp4 tbsp plain yogurt, for dip
- 2 tsp2 tsp lemon juice, for dip
- 1 clove1 clove garlic, for dip
- 2 pinch2 pinch salt, for filling
