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family
recipe from Syria called sfeeha, a dish featuring ground
beef
with spices and other ingredients that are
stuffed into pizza dough and baked
in the oven.
Dough:
- 20 mL (4 tsp) yeast.
- 5 mL (1 tsp) sugar.
- 300 mL (1 1/4 cup) lukewarm water.
- 175 mL (2/3 cup) butter or margarine.
- 875 mL (3 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour.
- 7 mL (1 1/2 tsp) salt.
Topping:
- 45 mL (3 tbsp) vegetable oil.
 - 2 medium onions, finely diced.
- 1 kg decied lamb or beef
- 75 mL (1/4 cup) pine nuts.
- 10 mL (2 tsp) salt.
- 2 mL (1/2 tsp) black pepper.
- 5 mL (1 tsp) allspice.
- 2 mL (1/2 tsp) red hot pepper flakes.
- 2 mL (1/2 tsp) citric acid (to give a much desired tangy
flavour).
- dash cinnamon.
- 250 mL (1 cup) natural yogurt.
- melted butter or margarine.
Directions:
To
make the dough start by adding yeast and sugar to water and
let stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile cut butter into the flour
until it becomes the
 size of lentils. Add salt to the yeast
mixture, dissolve and add to flour. Mix until dough holds
together. Knead a bit. Form dough into a ball and place in a
greased bowl, turning so all sides are greased. Cover and let
rise for about 1 1/2 hours or until double in bulk.
 To
prepare topping, pour oil into a large frying pan. Add onions
and fry until wilted. Add meat and sauté until brown. Drain
off excess liquids. Add pine nuts, salt and spices. Leave
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