Meat and Cheese Esfihas

Ingredients

• 1000 gwheat flour
• 500 mlwarm water
• 18 gdry yeast
• 25 gsugar
• 1.3 tspsalt
• 100 gbutter
• a gostocornmeal

Directions

1. 1

   Place the warm water in a large bowl with half of the flour and all the yeast and sugar. Mix everything vigorously with a whisk until an elastic dough forms.

2. 2

   Add the room temperature butter and the salt. Mix until it reaches the consistency of pancake batter, more liquid.

3. 3

   Gradually add the remaining flour, mixing with a wooden spoon. Transfer the dough to a counter dusted with cornmeal and flour and knead by hand until you obtain a smooth dough that does not stick when pressed with a finger.

4. 4

   Cover the dough with a cloth and let it rise for at least 20 minutes.

   20 min

Ingredients

• 500 gground beef
• 0.3 unitgreen bell pepper
• 0.5 unitwhite onion
• 3 unittomatoes
• a gostofresh parsley
• 1 tbsptahini
• 0.5 lemonlemon juice
• a gostofreshly ground cumin
• a gostofreshly ground black and white pepper
• 2 tspsalt

Directions

1. 1

   Wash and finely chop the tomato, onion, bell pepper, and parsley.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, place the meat, chopped vegetables and parsley, lemon juice, tahini, salt, and spices to taste. Mix everything with your hands and cover with a clean cloth. Set aside.

Ingredients

• 100 gfresh Minas cheese
• 250 gfresh ricotta
• 60 gmozzarella cheese
• 1 tbspheavy cream
• 1 unitegg
• a gostodried mint
• a gostofresh parsley
• a gostosalt

Directions

1. 1

   Finely chop or grate the cheeses.

2. 2

   In a bowl, place the cheeses, egg, heavy cream, salt, parsley, and dried mint. Mix everything and cover with a clean cloth. Set aside.

Ingredients

• 1 unitbeaten egg yolk
• a gostowhite sesame
• a gostoblack sesame

Directions

1. 1

   Roll out the dough evenly, to 4mm thickness for the meat sfihas and slightly thinner for the cheese ones, cut into round shapes using a ring or a wide-mouthed cup.

2. 2

   For the meat esfihas: place 1 tablespoon of filling in the center of the disk and close in 3 points, in a triangle shape. Press the joins with your fingers to seal well.

3. 3

   For the cheese esfihas: place 1 tablespoon of filling in the center of the disk and close with your fingers in a boat shape, leaving it a bit open in the center, or close completely in a half-moon shape. Press the joins with your fingers.

4. 4

   Brush the top of the esfihas with a beaten egg yolk.

5. 5

   Bake in a preheated oven at 220 degrees for 15 minutes.

   15 min
6. 6

   Remove from the oven and finish the meat ones with white sesame and the cheese ones with black sesame.