Recipes
Open-Faced Meat Sfiha
Make these delicious open-faced meat sfihas to enjoy over the weekend and save money!
Ingredients
- •500 g ground meat
- •1 large onion
- •2 tomatoes
- •1 coffee spoon salt
- •Black pepper to taste
- •Juice of 2 lemons
- •600 g wheat flour
- •1 egg
- •Fine cornmeal
- •250 ml warm water
- •3 tablespoons sugar
- •30 ml oil
- •1 packet dry yeast
- •1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- 1
In a bowl, combine the ground meat, tomatoes, onion, salt, black pepper, and parsley and spring onions to taste. Mix well, then add the lemon juice.
- 2
Transfer to a sieve and let the liquid drain thoroughly.
- 3
In a jug, combine the warm water, sugar, oil, and yeast. Mix well.
- 4
Place the flour and salt in a bowl, make a well in the center, and add the egg. Gradually pour in the liquid from the jug.
- 5
Mix well, then knead by hand until the dough no longer sticks to your hands. Shape into a ball, cover, and let rest for 20 minutes.
- 6
Dust your work surface with cornmeal and place the dough on it. Cut into small pieces and roll each piece into a ball.
- 7
Sprinkle the dough balls with cornmeal and let rest for another 20 minutes.
- 8
Flatten each dough ball by hand, using your fingers to shape it into an open disc (watch the video below for more details), then add the filling.
- 9
Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.