Sambousek (Fried Pastry) - Middle Eastern Recipe

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Sambousek (Fried Pastry)

🌍 Middle Eastern, Levant Difficulty: ●●●○○



Ingredients

  • (Dough) 300g flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 60ml oil
  • ~100ml water. Filling: 250g ground lamb
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp pine nuts
  • salt

Method

  1. Making — Make firm dough. Rest 30 min.
  2. Cooking — Cook lamb with onion, spices, pine nuts.
  3. Rolling — Roll dough, cut circles, fill, fold, crimp. Fry at 180°C (350°F) until golden.