Meat Pies

Meat Pies

Ingredients:

For the crust

• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp active dry yeast

For meat mixture

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 yellow bell pepper(optional)
• 1 green bell pepper (optional
• 1 tomatoe
• 1 large onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp chili flakes
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 handful of parsley
• 1 tsp sumac

Instructions:

1. Warm the milk in the microwave so that it’s lukewarm. Add sugar and yeast to milk, mix and let it rest until yeast dissolves.
2. In the bowl of your mixer add all dough ingredients using the dough hook mix for a couple minutes. Use enough water to make a pilable dough.Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with damp towel and let sit for an hour or two until it doubles in size.
3. Place all the meat mixture ingredients, minus meat, in food processor and pulse until it resembles salsa. Pour the salsa mixture over the meat and mix thoroughly.
4. Preheat oven to 500 F degrees.
5. Roll out the dough into a large circle. Cut round with a cookie cutter and on each round place a generous amount of filling. Pinch the two opposite ends of the circle ant then the two oppsing other ends.
6. Line up the pies on a baking sheet. Heat the oven to 500F and bake for about ten minutes until the pies are golden and the meat is cooked.
7. Serve warm or at room temperature with some yogurt salad if desired.

Meat Pies