Beef Fatayer
By
Nicole P.
@froggeh
1
Fatayer is a Middle Eastern meat pie pastry that can alternatively be stuffed with spinach, cheese or meat. I made 2 flavors today, one being the spinach (triangle) and the meat (square)
The pastry texture is more like a bread type than a pie crust :)
And again, this recipe was handed down from my Lebanese friend Joumana :)
On this page, i am posting the beef fatayer recipe (i will share the spinach one shortly)
The pastry texture is more like a bread type than a pie crust :)
And again, this recipe was handed down from my Lebanese friend Joumana :)
On this page, i am posting the beef fatayer recipe (i will share the spinach one shortly)
Rating:
★★★★☆ 1 vote
Comments:
Serves:
about 30 (depends how much dough you use!)
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
- to make bread type dough:
- 2 c
- warm water
- 2 Tbsp
- yeast
- 3 Tbsp
- sugar
- 5 c
- bread flour
- 1/4 c
- oil (i used olive)
- 1 1/2 tsp
- salt
- 2 lb
- spinach (fresh or frozen..i used frozen)
- 1
- small chopped onion
- juice of 2 lemons
- 1/4 to 1/3 c
- oil (once again, i chose olive oil!!)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 lb
- ground beef or ground lamb (or both)
- 2
- large tomatoes (finely diced)
- 1/2 c
- parsley (finely chopped)
- 1/4 c
- tomato paste
- 1/2 c
- tomato sauce
- 2 tsp
- salt
- 1/2 tsp
- pepper
- 1/2 tsp
- cinnamon
- 1
- onion (finely chopped)
SPINACH FILLING
MEAT FILLING
How to Make Beef Fatayer
- 1SPINACH FILLING DIRECTIONS:
1. Thaw the spinach and then cut up and wash it and make sure to drain it very well!! This is a VERY important step, you do not want to keep any liquid from the spinach, it needs to be water-free!
2. Add chopped onion (since I’m not a huge onion fan, we’ll go with 1 large onion, maybe a little more)
3. Add lemon to taste ( I prefer it tart, so aim for 1 large lemon per lb. of spinach = 2 lemons for this)
4. Add oil to the mix
5. Add salt, pepper and a little bit of sumac
Mix together to get something similar to a 'paste'
ASSEMBLE AND MAKE TRIANGLES:
Pinch off about 2 1/2″ balls of dough and roll out into a 4″ circle. Put a heaping tablespoon of the spinach filling in the middle of each circle. Fold up from the bottom to the middle and bring in sides to the center to form a triangle. Press down on the seams firmly and pinch ends together.
Place the fatayer on a cookie sheet that has been brushed with butter or olive oil and place the pies on the tray. Brush the tops with oil and put in a preheated 500 degree oven for 15 minutes or until a little brown. - 2MEAT FILLING DIRECTIONS:
Mix all above ingredients together
Instead of making into triangles, you will make squares. Just add a tablespoon of the mixture to the middle of the square dough and pinch each side of the edge to hold the meat. Put on a greased cookie sheet and bake on 500 for 15 minutes.
