Lahem B'Ajeen

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Lahem B'Ajeen

A Lebanese street food. Translates to 'meat in dough'.

• Pizza dough for 12-6" rounds.
  
• 1-1/4 lb ground Lamb*
  
• 1-1/2 c finely diced onion
  
• 1-1/2 c finely diced tomatoes drained
  
• 2 T Tomato paste
  
• 1/4 c finely chopped Parsley
  
• 1-1/2 tsp salt
  
• 2 tsp Lebanese 7 spice mixture(ask for it at any M.E. store).
  
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
  

Mix everything together. Taste and correct for salt and heat. Drain excess moisture.

For 6" rounds of very thin pizza dough (1/8-3/16"), use 2 golf ball sized er.. balls of mixture and spread thinly with the back of a spoon or your hand.

Bake @550 for 7-8 minutes on a slightly greased pan on the bottom rack of an electric oven. I can fit three rounds on a 1/2 sheet pan.

* Fat in the Lamb is great in this recipe. However, too much fat and the meat will shrink away from the edges of the rounds. So experiment with your mixture. You can't get ground Lamb? Use 1/2 pork and 1/2 lean beef, or just ground Chuck.

Best served warm with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Keywords: Easy, Lamb, Lebanese, Middle Eastern

( RG1662 )