Lebanese Beef Fatayer | A Middle Eastern meat pie

Ingredients

• Oil

  Submarine Sandwich - Wegmans

  100g

• Ground beef

  70% lean meat / 30% fat, raw

  453g

• Onions

  Sweet, raw

  ½ onion or 166g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 cloves, minced or 9g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Paprika

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ½ tsp, ground or 2g

• Coriander leaf

  Spices, dried

  ½ tsp or 0.3g

• Cloves

  Spices, ground

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Cinnamon

  Spices, ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• Nutmeg

  Spices, ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• Tomato sauce

  No salt added

  ⁵⁄₁₆ cup or 74g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Pizza Dough

  2 servings or 200g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  2 medium or 88g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  2 tbsp or 30g

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350F.
2. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat and cook onions for one minute.
3. Add meat and salt and break up into small pieces. Continue to cook over medium heat uncovered until cooked through.
4. Add garlic and spices, stir and cook for one more minute. Add sauce and stir well. Remove from heat and set aside.
5. Remove pizza dough from packaging and roll out thinly on a floured surface. Use a small 6 inch bowl to make a template into the dough. Cut circles out with a sharp knife. Dust well with flour and stack in a pile for easier assembly.
6. In a small bowl add egg and water and whisk with a fork until combined, set aside.
7. In each circle add 2-3 Tbs of filling. Brush the edge of the dough with the egg wash and start the fold. Fold two sides about 1/3 of the way, pinching the sides closed as you go. Then take the middle of the remaining side and bring toward the pinched edge making two new seams. Pinch the two new seams closed.
8. Place all on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or sprayed with cooking spray.
9. Brush all over with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds (white or black).
10. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Turn the baking sheet around half way through cooking.
11. Remove from oven and rest for 5 minutes before serving.
12. Recipe by: Tina (source: https://www.fusioncraftiness.com/lebanese-beef-fatayer-a-middle-eastern-meat-pie/)