Arais

Name: Arais (Bread Stuffed with Meat)
Ingredients: Salt and pepper; 1 small hot green pepper, finely chopped; 600 g (1¼ lb) lean minced meat – veal, beef or lamb; 2 tablespoons butter, melted; A small bunch of parsley, finely chopped; 2 teaspoons sumac or the juice of ½ lemon; A good pinch of cayenne; ½ teaspoon allspice; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons oil; 6 pitta breads

Bread Stuffed with Meat

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Pitta bread stuffed with spiced meat makes a good snack and, if cut up small, a very good appetizer.

Ingredients

6 pitta breads
2 tablespoons oil
1 large onion, finely chopped<

Snack
Starter

Method

Cut each pitta on one side and open carefully without breaking the bread (warming it up makes it easier).

To make the filling, fry the onion in oil till golden, add the meat and fry, stirring, until it changes colour. Add the green pepper, season with salt and pepper and stir in the spices and parsley. Spread a sixth of the filling into each bread, then press it closed. Brush with melte