Meat Kisses

Name: Meat Kisses (Sambousek b’lahmeh)
Yield: The above recipe makes about 70 sambousek.
Cuisine: Palestinian
Ingredients: 1 tbs olive oil; 40 g pine nuts (2 oz); ¾ tsp allspice; 1 tsp pepper; 1 tsp salt; 4 garlic cloves; 1 large onion; 400 g (14 oz) minced lean beef; About 1 cup water; 2 egg yolks; ¼ cup olive oil; 50 g (2 oz) soft butter; 1¼ tsp salt; 400 g (14 oz) white flour; ¾ tsp instant dry active yeast

Sambousek b’lahmeh

Preparation info

The above recipe makes about
70
.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Classic Palestinian Cuisine

By Christiane Dabdoub Nasser

Published 2000

About

As with cheese sambousek, those with meat are ideal as finger food for a party, in a mezze or part of an hors d’oeuvres platter. The dough is crustier and, if you can forgo health scruples and calorie counting, they are most delicious fried.

Ingredients

For the dough

400 g (14 oz) white flour
¾ tsp instant dry active yeast

Asia
Palestine
Starter

Method

Measure the flour, yeast and salt, make a well in the centre and add the butter, the oil and the egg yolks. Work the ingredients gradually into the flour. Add warm water, small amounts at a time, and work in the dough, pressing with the heels of your hands and turning until you get a soft dough with a fine texture that is easy to roll out with a rolling-pin. Shape into a ball and cover, and set