World Flavors Cookbook

Sfiha (Open-Faced Meat Pies)

Name: Sfiha (Open-Faced Meat Pies)
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: Flatbread dough, 500g ground lamb, 2 tomatoes (finely chopped), 1 onion, 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 cup pine nuts.

Small squares of dough topped with a savory and tangy ground meat mixture, a specialty of Baalbek.

Cuisine: Lebanon

Ingredients

Flatbread dough, 500g ground lamb, 2 tomatoes (finely chopped), 1 onion, 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 cup pine nuts.

Instructions

Mix the raw meat with chopped vegetables, molasses, pine nuts, and spices. Roll out dough and cut into small squares. Place a generous spoonful of the raw meat mixture on each square. Bake in a very hot oven until the dough is crispy and the meat is cooked. Drizzle with more molasses before serving.