Another yummy traditional family recipe!
I love very much being in the kitchen with my aunt because she’s very easy going and quick handed at the same time cooking and baking very deliciousss things yumm.
This week we diced to make sham-burakat they are stuffed pie’s basically I like to call them half moons we chose to make them with meat but I like the cheese version much more.
Before starting the recipe please don’t forget always adjust the salt and seasonings just as how much you like it and less is more.
How to do filling
3 cups finely chopped onions
4 cups medium ground meat any kind you like (pork, beef etc.)
1/2 cup finely chopped red pepper or green
1 cup finely chopped parsley
1 tbs salt
1 tbs hot pepper flakes
1 tbs pepper paste
1/2 tbs black pepper
1/2 cup butter
Put the butter and meat over high heat and continuously stir to not be stick with each other and to be cooked all over same until it gives the water and again there is no water.
Add onions and salt stir until onions well cooked.
Add peppers saute.
Add black pepper, chili and pepper paste.
Remove from the heat finely add parsley stir well let it cool completely.
How to do dough
1 kilo flour
2 tbs instant yeast
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 cup lukewarm water
1/2 cup olive oil
Put all ingredients and knead them well until it forms nice and soft dough.
Cover it with cloth and let it be doubled about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Cut big chestnut sized balls from the dough each time about 6 or 7 balls.
On floured surface open the balls into 7 or 8 inches rounds or as much you like them thicker or thinner.
Spread on half of the rounds filling then fold them on half moon shape and with your fingers or cutter as it shown in the picture you can close them.
put them on baking sheet.
Bake them until they turn golden brown or little bit more is just fine.
when you remove them from the oven brush them with butter.(optional)
Instead of oven the traditional and more delicious way is to cook them on pan over stove with little bit of butter turning each side until is bubbled to brown spots in each side and another method is which I don’t like it is to deep fry them they turn very greasy this way but some people like it but my aunt using new oven method which is healthier, cleaner and easier way to cook them in oven she says.
So you have 3 methods you can try all or choose which sounds best for you!
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