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Twist on Lebanese Sfiha (Meat Pies).

You can have Twist on Lebanese Sfiha (Meat Pies) using 15 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Twist on Lebanese Sfiha (Meat Pies)

1. You need 2 tsp of active dry yeast.
2. It's 2 tsp of sugar.
3. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
4. Prepare 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
5. It's 1/4 cup of olive oil, extra virgin.
6. You need 1/4 cup of Greek Yogurt.
7. It's 1 of warm water.
8. Prepare 1/2 kg of ground beef.
9. Prepare 2 tsp of salt.
10. You need 1 small of onion, chopped finely.
11. You need 1 small of green pepper, chopped finely.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
13. It's 2 tsp of seven spices Or Allspice.
14. It's 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
15. It's 1 tbsp of pomegranate syrup.

Twist on Lebanese Sfiha (Meat Pies) step by step

1. Mix all the ingredients up to the warm water. Add enough warm water to make a dough that is not sticky. Cover and let rise for 2 hours..
2. Brown meat in a pot on the stove top..
3. Add onions, green pepper, and salt. Cook for about 5 min. or until onions become translucent..
4. Add all the spices and mix for another 3 min..
5. Add pomegranate syrup, which can be found in the middle eastern sections at your grocery store.Mix and let cook for an additional 2 min..
6. Let mixture cool..
7. When dough has doubled in size, take it all out onto a floured surface and break off into little balls..
8. Cover them with a cloth and begin rolling out one ball into a flat round..
9. Scoop 1 teaspoon of cooled meat mixture onto the center of the flat round..
10. Pinch edges to make it look like an eye..
11. Place on an oiled pan. Continue with the rest of the dough balls..
12. Bake at 350° on the bottom rack first. Make sure the bottoms are browned. Then put them on the top rack and brown the tops..
13. Serve next to some Greek Yogurt. Great to dip..