These are perfect for Christmas!! Fill the rounds of dough by placing a heaping tablespoon of filling in the center of each round. Mike, that’s so great, thank you! How does this food fit into your daily goals? Lebanese meat pies are a traditional dish fit for the family. Knead together the scraps, cover with plastic, and set aside. Help! Do you use my dough recipe? :). Or will that mess up the dough? Haha I love that husbands are always willing to eat our less than perfect masterpieces:-) I would have thrown out that dough, too, though. I guess when you have 9 children and 21 grandchildren she went with speed and function over beauty. Thanks for the lengthy explanation. However, mine end up without the creases. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. We never had baked the kibbe until we went to my aunt’s home (she married my mom’s brother). Well … my mother ground her own meat – but she cooked it first, and her fatayer, both meat and spinach, were so, so good – she used pine nuts, and cinnamon, maybe allspice. I followed Jim’s way here other than grinding the meat myself (he is such a purist). Recently when I had a visit with cousin Jimmy in Arizona, the Bianco pizza (known to be the finest in the land) I was after got moved to the back burner when we arrived because it was a Sunday, and turns out they’re closed on Sunday. Smiling so much as I read this! Ahhhhh…love this, Liz! My mother-in-law helped me with her cooking, I’m American. The trickiest part is to get those seams tight. Cholesterol 283g. Meat Pie at Emily's Lebanese Deli "Love supporting family owned businesses right in NE! I will save this recipe. Part of the Levantine cuisine, fatayer is eaten in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. ;). It can be a main meal, a snack, or a party appetizer depending on your preference and the size you make them. I found it nteresting that no one seems to mix the meat with a little leban. This is the perfect Middle East as I know it – food and emotion. Very same as yu mother. You two are so cute! best, Jerry. The Abowds, my mother’s family, they cook the meat first. From frozen reheat in a 350 degree oven! Should they be covered in the frig? Oh I’m so glad to hear it! Lebanese Meat Pies (fatayar). 48 % 22g Carbs. What a great post! I plan to pack raw meat. I would love to try to make these for Christmas! To save time my mom bought the cheapest canned biscuits and as a kid I would cut them in fourths and roll them out. You two are adorable. These little Lebanese spinach pies–or fatayar–are a beloved Lebanese treat. AND I am so looking forward to Rich’s baking posts this fall… ha ha!!! Will, you can prepare the fatayar in advance, but go ahead and bake them completely in advance. Add ground meat, onions, salt, pepper, cinnamon and allspice to the pan and cook until meat is browned – about 8-10 minutes. The dough works so well and such a good texter I can run the dough threw my pasta roller off my kitchen aid and now I get the right thickness on everyone. Place the meat in a medium mixing bowl. Thank you and I hope mine look as pretty as yours! What a magnificent husband you have!! I’m with you it doesn’t matter how healthy if it doesn’t taste delicious! I love the idea of cream cheese in the fatayar, and your dough sounds great! It’s a way of controlling the meaty juices by cooking them off first, so that they don’t steam open the little dough triangle’s seams. Check out this link this link and this link. I cheated with store-bought dough but you could totally make your own. So much easier and it tastes exactly the same! Fitness Goals : Heart Healthy. Tell me about the meat, I said as Dan devoured what would be an embarrassing quantity anywhere but in a Lebanese home. Love this post, Liz! (I never bake without one – lol.) Nevertheless, she considered mom’s better than hers. In lamb-beef. First of all, it reminds me of childhood because I grew up eating both Spinach Pies and Meat Pies as part of a traditional Lebanese meal. These look and sound so delicious. I can not find bread dough. (Your father’s attitude … wonderful ! I sat with my aunt before she died trying to get the dough to come out right and decided some of us have the gift and others just should keep trying. If you do try it, you wouldn’t need to cover them if you coat each pie generously with oil. I lived in the Middle East for several years and seeing these brought back some wonderful memories of dinner with friends out there. Let me know if you try them!! Remove from oven and lightly brush with melted clarified butter. And do the dishes!?! Camille is smiling now for sure! Sfeeha (Lebanese Meat Pies) Makes approx 3 dz. Hugs Janet. You know I am making those asap! I’ll have to try the tomtao in the househ for kibbeh…. Happy Thursday! Fatayar over pizza, any day. My husband is one of ten children and I(a mostly Swede) was blessed to marry number six. I have a great family recipe for spinach pies, but my meat pies are lacking a little in flavor, so I’m very anxious to try yours! As my teacher in culinary school used to say: likes and dislikes have a lot to do with expectations. My sister-in-law had a new, wonderful bread reciepe. (Jim is Abood, obviously.). Beautiful family!! Ahhhh you always know how to make my hubby drool!! I know – he is pretty much the opposite of me!! They ground their meat with lots (equal amounts of each) of onions. Some day I have to get over my fear of making them and just do it! The seams on those babies were locked down tight. Hello Maureen, Shish Barak is a traditional Lebanese dish, perhaps of Turkish/Ottoman origins (hence the name), which is basically made of tiny meat dumplings cooked in a plain yogurt stew. How can you go wrong? Thanks for the memories. My sitto and mother would usually just dice the lamb. If you have a lot of flour on your work surface – dust some of it off so your dough and hold onto the work surface. Can’t figure out where this went wrong. Is it possible to prepare the Fataya a day before you need to cook it? I had not made Sfeeha for over twenty five years, after my husband died. Home Kibbeh meat pie. Learn how your comment data is processed. Love Maureen’s blog! Oh fatayar–both spinach and meat–always always always a special occasion in our home–and always one of our most favorite meals–we are of the Abowds, and always always always cooked the hushwe first–I was never successful at making the dough stick together, and my gentle Mother would just smile and fix all of my mistakes. I love pizza too much, but boy did I hate having a beautiful pizza all gunked up in a pile when I tried to get it off the stone. Oh my God I was so embarrassed..I’m a total failure with dough!! Time for them to do the cooking. She cut the lamb into teeny cubes not more than 1/8 inch per side. Rest the meat pies before serving hot with greek yogurt dip and lemon slices. My warmest regards to all of you in New Zealand! In fact, we like to make them in large quantities and store them in the freezer. Thank you for this recipe Maureen! Fatayar is my granddaughter’s favorite so she will be my little helper in the kitchen. There are many bread dough recipes on this site and in my cookbook. Now my daughter makes them with me. We just finished off some Spinach Pies…as we r leaving for Marco next week…..anxious for the book. I was irritated, even though I knew we’d get there the next night (obsession breeds I-want-an-oompa-loompa-and-I-want-it-NOOOOOW). Or go straight to the oven from the freezer and keep an eye on them until they are heated through. Could be that I’m just half Lebanese but I sure love to make all the food. We are a good combo in the kitchen, that’s for sure!!! See more ideas about Lebanese meat pies, Meat pie, Recipes. I will be taking some to my parents tomorrow, I’m sure they will be a hit. However, I will fill them raw next Thanks for your help. As a descendant of French Canadians (Voisin translates to “neighbor”) my husband was raised having Tourtiere — their version of meat pie. Annoying. He took a bite, and basically threw the fatayar back on the plate. Fatayer is a Middle Eastern meat pie that is filled with either meat and pine nuts, spinach or cheese (such as feta.) Thank you ! Yesterday he reminded me about a Twitter chat I was hosting. Once cooked, it was cooled overnight in the trunk of their car since it was winter in Northern Michigan. Close the dough firmly, continuing to shape the fatayar gently as you pinch the seams closed. He can bake?! These look wonderful. :), Awe! Required fields are marked *. Then you remove it a couple of minutes later to get a fully crisp crust. You can easily double this recipe Faith as I often do, and use a larger bowl to mix and then for the dough to rise! More rectangular. When living too far away to go to Sunday dinner I always tried to watch her while she cooked to learn her secrets. Teach your kids early on how to assemble them, it saves on the back as you get older and the fatayer seem to taste a little better somehow. It was only light golden brown around the edges baked at 400 for 30 minutes.! Then cool and freeze them. These sfeehas remind me of something we bought from a young boy on the street in Cairo when we went shopping at the Khan. 7 / 67g left. Lahm bi ajeen literally translates to 'meat in dough' and should really be a food group in itself. Our hubs would be total besties!! As I have discovered in the short time I’ve been married, even among the Lebanese there are differences in the ways families make their Lebanese recipes. LOL. We arrived to a home-cooked dinner of coosa and crunchy homemade pickles and labneh and olives and just-in-from-Spain marcona almonds. He was with his mother only when they arrived. $16. It’s really fun getting to know everyone just a little bit better :) THese meat pies sound DELICIOUS! I am just loving all these posts about our hubbys! I lived with my grandfather for quite some time. I’m waiting for my dough to rise right now. Fill Lebanese fatayar with spinach, meat… Lucky lady! Small Lebanese meat pie-dumplings, cooked and served in a yogurt sauce made with garlic & cilantro, served with rice. When I have bought farayars from a lebanese store, the dough was very thin, almost see thru, and their fatayars looked like your pictures. My parents had a friend that made these incredible meat pies. I have tried to make meat pies but they were never close to what I remembered. So, I have made these twice. (yes, he’s a special cuzzy). Great way to figure someone out, do you bake your fatayar with the meat cooked or raw? How is “fatayar” properly pronounced? Cooked the meat mixture and also used tomato paste, but no pine nuts in the fatayer. The Lemon Bowl® is a registered trademark of Liz Della Croce LLC. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Hope you’re doing well. The flavor of the crust…. Thank you Joanne! Maureen, you are the keeper of memories–every one of your columns evokes wonderful movies in my heart of my childhood home, influenced by the Abowds, Attiyehs, Khouries and Nassirs. He was being funny, and we laughed, but also dead serious. Roll the dough out on a dry work surface to 1/8-inch thickness. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I’m so glad to have this recipe. Hunnie was known for her Lebanese food but also her fried chicken. I love these pies, BTW. And I’m Lebanese – so glad to see more fans of our food! Love it. I could not help trying the meat hashweh before using it. Thank you Heather!! The filling is made of ground beef or lamb sauteed in clarified butter and seasoned with cinnamon and allspice. Fatayar freezes well in a zip lock freezer bag and can be reheated from frozen in a 250 degree oven. They were wonderful. I’ve made Sfeeha a dozen times since I got this reciepe for the bread. :). Too sweet. Thanks for your lessons. I love your posts and its brings back beautiful memories of my Mum’s Lebanese cooking. It's also okay to leave an opening at the top of the fatayar. Combine the beef and lamb in a large skillet and cook over high heat until browned and well done. Let mixture cool slightly. xo, This is the cutest post ever Liz and that is a great family picture of you three <3, Did you say if you can freeze these? Start making the dough: In a large bowl, mix the flour, active dry yeast, sugar, salt … Generic - Lebanese Meat Pies. Lebanese Hashweh – Ground Beef with Pine Nuts, Italian Shrimp Salad with Fresh Vegetables. Pizza shops make it look so easy. I hope you can find my book there too. YUM! Drain and reserve the drippings. To serve, we like to dip with plain yogurt but that is optional. When we made kibbe, it was always at least 5 pounds of meat, ground by hand, 7 times. Hi Maria–the trick is in the dough–my fatayar dough is intentionally sticky, and it tends to stay together quite well. My fiances family always uses a “starter” called labby (which no one can tell me how to spell either…) have you ever hard of cooking the meat with a starter? Maureen, I could read your posts forever and ever especially when you write about fatayar and Camille Abood memories :)). :) Thank you for reading!! :). I didn’t know you and Aggie text all day long! If any juice spilled out it added the crunchy savory flavor to the bread that was so good. Mine….just a triangular pillow! Thank you so much – I hope you enjoy this Tamara!! Mom cut the lamb by hand and did not pre cook the meat. The allspice will be wonderful too–this is just one way to make it! And the showstopper: Jim’s meat fatayar. Sorry Maureen, I cheated on this recipe, forgive me.!!! 166 / 2,000 cal left. Dorothy’s pie crust was always made with Farmer Peet (and only Farmer Peet) lard. Oh my goodness that sounds incredible!!!!!! and I cook primarily Arabic food for my 3 kids (as it is the best food I’ve ever tasted!). Thank you Sara–recipe makes about 2 dozen fatayar. don’t work well for the fatayar. I am Irish Catholic gal (originally from MI!) Add ground meat, onions, salt, pepper, cinnamon and allspice to the pan and cook until meat is browned – about 8-10 minutes. Oh my God I can’t believe I didn’t think to just move the entire Silpat to the baking stone!! 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