Tripolitan Meat Pies ( Lahm Baajin )
Ingredients for the dough:
- 5 cups of flour
- 1 tbsp of salt
- 1 tbsp of sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup of vegetable or sunflower oil
- 1 3/4 cup of lukewarm water ( or as needed)
For the Preparation of the dough you need:
- corn flour ( quantity as needed)
- 1 cup of oil
- 1/2 cup of ghee
- 1/2 cup of butter
Preparation:
- Sift the flour in a deep bowl and add the salt and the sugar and mix them together.
- Add the egg and the oil and mix with the flour.
- Add water gradually while kneading until you have a soft and smooth dough.
- Cover the dough and let it rest for an hour.
- Cut the dough into same size balls (fist size) and on a solid board sprinkle the corn flour and dip the balls on the two sides to cover them with the corn flour.
- Put the balls on a cotton cloth and cover them.
- In the Meantime mix the butter, oil and the ghee and softened them in the microwave or on the stove.
- Wipe your hands and the place where you are going to roll out the dough then spread a little bit of the oil mixture and take one ball and stretch it with your hands as much as you can until it becomes very thin.
- Hold it from the sides and stretch it using two fingers until it has the form of a circle.
- Another way is to stretch the dough in a rectangle way with your hands as much as u can until it becomes thin and then fold it from the sides to become a square.
- Put the prepared dough in the oven trays and keep them until we prepare the topping.
Ingredients of the topping:
- 1 kg of mince meat ( lamb or beef)
- 2 finely chopped onions( the quantity as needed)
- 1 bundle of fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp of dried mint
- 3 tbsp of vinegar
- 4 to 5 tbsp of sesame paste (tahini)
- 5 tbsp of pomegranate syrup
- 2 tbsp of yogurt (optional)
- Salt and seven spices to taste
- In a pan put a little bit of oil and put the meat, stir it and then add the onions and wait until it becomes tender and the meat change in colour, now add the spices and salt and leave it until well cooked.
- Take the pan off the heat and add the parsley and the mint.
- Add the vinegar, pomegranate tahini, and the yogurt(if used).
- With your hands press the dough and then add about 1 tbsp of the prepared topping, decorate with row pine nuts, press again with hands to make it firm.
- Bake them in a preheated oven ( in a medium heat oven about 350 F or 180 C) until the dough turns lightly brown and fully cooked.
Serve hot.
- 5 cups of flour
- 1 tbsp of salt
- 1 tbsp of sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup of vegetable or sunflower oil
- 1 3/4 cup of lukewarm water ( or as needed)
For the Preparation of the dough you need:
- corn flour ( quantity as needed)
- 1 cup of oil
- 1/2 cup of ghee
- 1/2 cup of butter
Preparation:
- Sift the flour in a deep bowl and add the salt and the sugar and mix them together.
- Add the egg and the oil and mix with the flour.
- Add water gradually while kneading until you have a soft and smooth dough.
- Cover the dough and let it rest for an hour.
- Cut the dough into same size balls (fist size) and on a solid board sprinkle the corn flour and dip the balls on the two sides to cover them with the corn flour.
- Put the balls on a cotton cloth and cover them.
- In the Meantime mix the butter, oil and the ghee and softened them in the microwave or on the stove.
- Wipe your hands and the place where you are going to roll out the dough then spread a little bit of the oil mixture and take one ball and stretch it with your hands as much as you can until it becomes very thin.
- Hold it from the sides and stretch it using two fingers until it has the form of a circle.
- Another way is to stretch the dough in a rectangle way with your hands as much as u can until it becomes thin and then fold it from the sides to become a square.
- Put the prepared dough in the oven trays and keep them until we prepare the topping.
Ingredients of the topping:
- 1 kg of mince meat ( lamb or beef)
- 2 finely chopped onions( the quantity as needed)
- 1 bundle of fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp of dried mint
- 3 tbsp of vinegar
- 4 to 5 tbsp of sesame paste (tahini)
- 5 tbsp of pomegranate syrup
- 2 tbsp of yogurt (optional)
- Salt and seven spices to taste
- In a pan put a little bit of oil and put the meat, stir it and then add the onions and wait until it becomes tender and the meat change in colour, now add the spices and salt and leave it until well cooked.
- Take the pan off the heat and add the parsley and the mint.
- Add the vinegar, pomegranate tahini, and the yogurt(if used).
- With your hands press the dough and then add about 1 tbsp of the prepared topping, decorate with row pine nuts, press again with hands to make it firm.
- Bake them in a preheated oven ( in a medium heat oven about 350 F or 180 C) until the dough turns lightly brown and fully cooked.
Serve hot.
